Bassem Amin

Bassem Amin

Amin at the 2013 Chess World Cup
Country  Egypt
Born 9 September 1988
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2633 (May 2015)

Bassem Amin (born 9 September 1988) is an Egyptian chess grandmaster. He is the youngest of Egypt's four grandmasters.

Arab Champion U10, U12 and U14 two times.

Fourth place sharing second in World Youth Under 16 in Greece 2004

African Champion Under 20 Libya 2004

In 2005 he won the African championship and took part in World Youth Chess Championship (U18), finishing third.

Arab men Champion (UAE) 2005 (His 1st GM norm )

Arab Champion Under 20 3 times : (Jordan) 2005 ( His 2nd GM norm ), July 2006 and August 2007

African Champion Under 20 Botswana 2005 ( 3rd GM norm )

Bronze Medalist In World Youth Under 18 (Georgia) 2006

Arab men Champion (UAE) 2006

In 2007, he tied for first with Ashot Anastasian in the Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, with a performance rating of 2747.[1]

Bronze Medalist In World Juniors (Turkey) 2008

He took part in the Chess World Cup 2009 and was knocked out by Vladimir Malakhov in the first round.[2]

African Chess Champion Libya 2009

Graduated from the faculty of Medicine Tanta University (2013)

African Chess Champion Tunis 2013

Co-Winner of Reykjavik Open 2013

Mediterranean Chess Champion Greece 2014

Scored 8.5 points out of 11 on Board 1 at the 41st World Chess Olympiad, leading the Egyptian National Chess Team to achieve the best result in Egyptian Chess history And win A Gold Medal in Category B

References

  1. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2007-08-20). "TWIC 667: Abudhabi Chess Festival". London Chess Center. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2009-12-15). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Mini-Site 2009". Chess.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2011.

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