Shrook Wafa
Egyptian chess player (born 1997)
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Shrook Wafa (born 13 May 1997)[2] is an Egyptian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster.
Wafa in 2025 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1997 (age 28) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Egypt FIDE (2024)[a] |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2013) |
| Peak rating | 2203 (June 2025) |
She won the Women's African Chess Championship in 2013.[3] Thanks to this achievement she earned the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM)[4] and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2015.[5]
She has won the Women's African Chess Championship a further four times: 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2025.[6]
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.
In 2025 she announced in a twitter post that going forward she will be representing Ireland[7]
