Shahenda Wafa | |
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Country | Egypt |
Born | July 15, 1998 |
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]
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.