Shahenda Wafa (born 1998) is an Egyptian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (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 Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is s ...

. 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

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. She qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. Wafa played for Egypt in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * 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 Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title three years later. Wafa qualified for the

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, losing to Mai Narva in the first round. Her sister

Shrook Wafa Shrook Wafa (born 13 May 1997) is an Egyptian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She won the Women's African Chess Championship in 2013. Thanks to this achievement she earned the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM) and qualifie ...

also is a Woman Grandmaster.

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