Shahenda Wafa (born 1998) is an Egyptian

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player who holds the title of

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(2017). She is a three-time African Women's Chess Champion (2017, 2018, 2022).

Chess career

Wafa won the 2014 Arab Girls Championship and African Girls Championship in age category U16. She was joint winner with Sabrina Latreche of the 2014 Women's

Arab Chess Championship The Arab Chess Championship is an annual international chess competition organized by the Arab Chess Federation, with 18 member countries. Parallel Men's and Women's competitions have been held in various cities since 1983. Winners Arab Rapid ...

. In 2015, she won African Youth and Junior Girls Chess Championships. Wafa twice in row won the Women's African Chess Championship; in 2017 in

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and in 2018 in Livingstone. She qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. Wafa played for Egypt in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

s: * In 2012, at fourth board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =2, -4), * In 2014, at fourth board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =0, -4), * In 2016, at fourth board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+2, =4, -2), * In 2018, at third board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+6, =1, -3). Wafa played for Egypt in the

World Team Chess Championship The World Team Chess Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of 10 countries whose chess federations dominate their continent. It is played every two years. In chess, this tournament and the Chess Olympiads ...

: * In 2015, at second board in the 5th Women's World Team Chess Championship 2015 in

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(+1, =0, -8). In 2013, she was awarded the FIDE

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WIM) title and received the FIDE

(WGM) title three years later. Wafa qualified for the

Women's Chess World Cup 2023 The Women's Chess World Cup 2023 was a 103-player single-elimination chess tournament, the second edition of the Women's Chess World Cup, taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 29 July to 22 August 2023. The runner up and third place finishers, ...

, losing 1.5 — 0.5 to

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in the first round. Her sister Shrook Wafa also is a Woman Grandmaster.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wafa, Shahenda 1998 births Living people Egyptian female chess players Egyptian chess players Chess Woman Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors African Games gold medalists in chess African Games silver medalists in chess African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games silver medalists for Egypt Chess players at the 2019 African Games 21st-century Egyptian sportswomen