Shahenda Wafa

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Shahenda Wafa
Country Egypt
Born (1998-07-15) July 15, 1998 (age 26)
Title Woman Grandmaster (2017)
Peak rating 2175 (March 2019)

Shahenda Wafa (born 1998) is an Egyptian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (2017). [1] She is a three-time African Women's Chess Champion (2017, 2018, 2022). [2]

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Chess career

Wafa won the 2014 Arab Girls Championship and African Girls Championship in age category U16. [3] [4] She was joint winner with Sabrina Latreche of the 2014 Women's Arab Chess Championship. [5] In 2015, she won African Youth and Junior Girls Chess Championships. [6] [7]

Wafa twice in row won the Women's African Chess Championship; in 2017 in Oran [8] and in 2018 in Livingstone. [9] She qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018.

Wafa played for Egypt in the Women's Chess Olympiads: [10]

Wafa played for Egypt in the World Team Chess Championship: [13]

In 2013, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title three years later.

Wafa qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023, losing 1.5 — 0.5 to Mai Narva in the first round. [14]

Her sister Shrook Wafa also is a Woman Grandmaster.

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References

  1. ↑ Administrator. "2017 African Individual Chess Championships "Ladies" August 2017 Algeria FIDE Chess Tournament details". ratings.fide.com.
  2. ↑ "2022 African Chess Championship: Bassem Amin and Shahenda Wafa claim titles". FIDE.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 African Youth Championship U16G".
  4. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Girls Championship Under 16 -".
  5. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2014 Arab Individual Chess Championship - Women". chess-results.com.
  6. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - African Youth Chess Championships 2015". chess-results.com.
  7. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - African Junior Chess Championships 2015 - Girls Category". chess-results.com.
  8. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2017 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS - LADIES". chess-results.com.
  9. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS - WOMEN SECTION". chess-results.com.
  10. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Wafa Shahenda". www.olimpbase.org.
  11. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women". chess-results.com.
  12. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women". chess-results.com.
  13. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: World Women's Team Chess Championship :: Shahenda Wafa". www.olimpbase.org.
  14. ↑ "Repkova, Eva vs. Ju, Wenjun - FIDE Women's World Cup 2023". chess24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
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