| Intro | Egyptian chess player |
| Is | Chess player |
| From | Egypt |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
1998 |
| Age: | 22 years |
Shahenda Wafa (born 1998), is an Egyptian chess Women grandmaster (2017). She is a two-time winner of the Women’s African Chess Championship (2017, 2018).
Early life
Shahenda 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. In 2015, she won African Youth and Junior Girls Chess Championships.
Shahenda Wafa twice in row won Women’s African Chess Championship: in 2017 in Oran and second time in 2018 in Livingstone. She qualified for the Women’s World Chess Championship 2018.
Shahenda Wafa played for Egypt in the Women’s Chess Olympiads:
- In 2012, at fourth board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+3, =2, -4),
- In 2014, at fourth board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+4, =0, -4),
- In 2016, at fourth board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+2, =4, -2),
- In 2018, at third board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+6, =1, -3).
Shahenda Wafa played for Egypt in the World Team Chess Championship:
- In 2015, at second board in the 5th Women’s World Team Chess Championship 2015 in Chengdu (+1, =0, -8).
In 2013, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM) title three years later.
Her sister Shrook Wafa also is a Woman Grandmaster.