Shrook Wafa

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Shrook Wafa
CountryEgypt
FIDE (2024)[lower-alpha 1]
Born13 May 1997 (1997-05-13) (age 27)
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2013)
Peak rating2182 (August 2019)

Shrook Wafa (born 13 May 1997)[2] is an Egyptian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She won the Women's African Chess Championship in 2013.[3] Thanks to this achievement she earned the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM)[4] and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2015.[5] She has won the Women's African Chess Championship a further three times: 2014, 2016 and 2019.[6] In the Women's World Chess Championship 2015 she was knocked out in the first round by the second seed Ju Wenjun. Her sister Shahenda Wafa also is a Woman Grandmaster.

Notes

  1. Several Egyptian players briefly switched federations in 2024 due to FIDE suspending membership of the Egyptian Chess Federation.[1]

References

  1. "FIDE Resolution on suspending membership of Egyptian Chess Federation". March 6, 2024.
  2. Top 100 Girls May 2015 FIDE
  3. African Individual Women Chess Championship 2013 Chess-Results
  4. International Title Regulations: Table for Direct Titles FIDE
  5. FIDE World Women's Chess Championship 2015: players
  6. African Individual Chess Championships 2014 Women Chess-Results

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