The Most Famous
CHESS PLAYERS from Egypt
This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptian Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 461 Chess Players, 1 of which were born in Egypt. This makes Egypt the birth place of the 57th most number of Chess Players behind Qatar, and Albania.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Chess Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ahmed Adly (b. 1987)
With an HPI of 29.00, Ahmed Adly is the most famous Egyptian Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Ahmed Adly (Arabic: أحمد عدلي, born 18 February 1987) is an Egyptian chess Grandmaster. As a chess prodigy, Adly acquired his International Master title in 2001 at the age of 14 at the U20 Championship of 2004. Adly then went on to earn his Grandmaster title in 2005, making him the first Egyptian and the youngest ever African to achieve this feat. As of May 2022, Adly holds the second-highest rating in Egypt and Africa.
2. Bassem Amin (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 26.05, Bassem Amin is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
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.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Egyptian chess players born between 1987 and 1988. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Egyptian chess players include Ahmed Adly, and Bassem Amin. As of April 2024, 1 new Egyptian chess players have been added to Pantheon including Bassem Amin.
