Bassem Amin
Amin in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 September 1988 Tanta, Egypt |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Title | Grandmaster (2006) |
| FIDE rating | 2622 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2712 (January 2019) |
| Peak ranking | No. 33 (June 2019) |
Bassem Amin (Arabic: باسم أمين; born 9 September 1988) is an Egyptian chess grandmaster and medical doctor. He was awarded the Grandmaster title 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 has also won the African chess championship seven times, doing so in 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, and 2024.