Shrook Wafa Explained

Shrook Wafa
Country:Egypt
FIDE (2024)
Woman Grandmaster (2013)
Fideid:10609970
Peakrating:2182 (August 2019)

Shrook Wafa (born 13 May 1997)[1] is an Egyptian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster.

She won the Women's African Chess Championship in 2013.[2] Thanks to this achievement she earned the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM)[3] and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2015.[4]

She has won the Women's African Chess Championship a further three times: 2014, 2016 and 2019.[5]

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 and References

  1. https://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=356 Top 100 Girls May 2015
  2. http://chess-results.com/tnr101405.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30&wi=821 African Individual Women Chess Championship 2013
  3. https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=173&view=article International Title Regulations: Table for Direct Titles
  4. http://sochi2015.fide.com/en/players FIDE World Women's Chess Championship 2015: players
  5. http://chess-results.com/tnr154094.aspx?lan=1 African Individual Chess Championships 2014 Women