| Intro | Chess player |
| Is | Chess player |
| From | Egypt |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 4 April 1957 |
| Age: | 63 years |
| Star sign | Aries |
Farid Basta Sohair (born 4 April 1957), is an Egyptian Woman International Master (WIM, 1993).
Biography
In 2005, in Lusaka Farid Basta Sohair won silver medal in African Women’s Chess Championship and got the right to participate in the Women’s World Chess Championship. In 2006, Farid Basta Sohair participated in Women’s World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Pia Cramling. In 2007, in Windhoek ranked 6th in African Women’s Chess Championship. In 2007, she played for Egypt in All-Africa Games chess tournament, which ranked 5th in the team ranking.
Farid Basta Sohair played for Egypt in the Women’s Chess Olympiads:
- In 1980, at first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+7, =2, -5),
- In 1982, at first board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+3, =2, -7),
- In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+5, =2, -5),
- In 1990, at first board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+7, =2, -3),
- In 2008, at second board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dresden (+4, =1, -5),
- In 2010, at fourth board in the 39th Chess Olympiad (women) in Khanty-Mansiysk (+3, =3, -3).
In 1993, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) titles.