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Bassem Amin (Arabic: باسم أمين; born 9 September 1988) is an Egyptian chess player and medical doctor. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Amin is the highest rated Egyptian and African player and the only medical doctor to have a FIDE peak rating of 2700+. Amin is also a six-time and the current African chess champion.[1]
| Bassem Amin | |
|---|---|
 Amin at the 2013 Chess World Cup | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Born | 9 September 1988 |
| Title | Grandmaster (2006) |
| FIDE rating | 2685 (November 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2712 (January 2019) |
| Ranking | No. 54 (November 2022) |
| Peak ranking | No. 33 (June 2019) |
Career
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Early on in his chess career, Amin was the Arab Youth Chess Champion once in the U10 division, once in the U12 division, and twice in the U14 division. He took 4th place in the 2004 World Youth Chess Championship U-16 in Greece. Soon after, he won the 2005 African Junior Chess Championship, qualifying him to participate in the 2005 World Junior Chess Championship.
He won his first Arab Chess Championship title at the 2005 Arab Chess Championship, simultaneously acquiring his first grandmaster norm. In the same year, he won the African championship and took part in World Youth Chess Championship (U18), finishing third.
Arab Champion Under 20 3 times : (Jordan) 2005 ( His 2nd GM norm ), July 2006 and August 2007
African Under-20 Champion, 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.[2]
Bronze Medalist In World Juniors (Turkey) 2008
African Chess Champion Libya 2009
He took part in the Chess World Cup 2009 and was knocked out by Vladimir Malakhov in the first round.[3]
African Chess Champion Tunis 2013
Co-Winner of Reykjavik Open 2013[4]
Arab Men Champion UAE 2013
Mediterranean Chess Champion Greece 2014[5]
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
African Chess Champion Cairo 2015[6]
Personal life
Amin graduated from the faculty of Medicine of the Tanta University in 2012. He is one of seven medical doctors who are also chess grandmasters (along with Alex Scherzer, Helmut Pfleger, Yona Kosashvili, Dan Zoler, Siegbert Tarrasch and Muhammed Batuhan Daştan)[citation needed], the highest rated medical doctor and grandmaster, and the only medical doctor with a peak FIDE rating of 2700+.
References
- "2022 African Chess Championship: Bassem Amin and Shahenda Wafa claim titles". FIDE.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- Crowther, Mark (2007-08-20). "TWIC 667: Abudhabi Chess Festival". London Chess Center. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- Crowther, Mark (2009-12-15). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Mini-Site 2009". Chess.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- "Round 10: A three-move draw and a three-way tie".
- "GM Bassem Amin wins Mediterranean Chess Championship". Chess Daily News by Susan Polgar. 2014-09-12. Archived from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- "2015 African Individual Chess Championships". africa-chess.org. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
External links
- Bassem Amin rating card at FIDE
- Bassem Amin player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Bassem Amin chess games at 365Chess.com
- Bassem Amin Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Bassem Amin player profile at Chess.com
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[de] Bassem Amin
Bassem Amin (arabisch باسم أمين; * 9. September 1988 in Tanta) ist ein ägyptischer Großmeister im Schach.- [en] Bassem Amin
[ru] Амин, Бассем
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