Shahenda Wafa Explained

Shahenda Wafa
Country:	Egypt
Birth Date:	15 July 1998
Woman Grandmaster (2017)
Fideid:	10609962
Peakrating:	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]

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]

• In 2012, at fourth board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+3, =2, -4),
• In 2014, at fourth board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+4, =0, -4),
• In 2016, at fourth board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+2, =4, -2),^[11]
• In 2018, at third board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+6, =1, -3).^[12]

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

• In 2015, at second board in the 5th Women's World Team Chess Championship 2015 in Chengdu (+1, =0, -8).

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.

Notes and References

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