Early on in his chess career, Amin was the Arab Youth Chess Champion once in the U10 division, once in the U12 division, and twice in the U14 division. He took 4th place in the 2004 World Youth Chess Championship U-16 in Greece. Soon after, he won the 2005 African Junior Chess Championship, qualifying him to participate in the 2005 World Junior Chess Championship. He won his first Arab Chess Championship title at the 2005 Arab Chess Championship, simultaneously acquiring his first grandmaster norm. In the same year, he won the African championship and took part in
World Youth Chess Championship (U18), finishing third. Arab Champion Under 20 3 times : (Jordan) 2005 ( His 2nd GM norm ), July 2006 and August 2007
African Under-20 Champion, Botswana 2005 ( 3rd GM norm ) Bronze Medalist In World Youth Under 18 (Georgia) 2006 Arab men Champion (
UAE) 2006 In 2007, he tied for first with
Ashot Anastasian in the
Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, with a performance rating of 2747. Bronze Medalist In World Juniors (Turkey) 2008 He took part in the
Chess World Cup 2009 and was knocked out by
Vladimir Malakhov in the first round. Co-Winner of Reykjavik Open 2013 Arab Men Champion UAE 2013 Mediterranean Chess Champion Greece 2014 Scored 8.5 points out of 11 on Board 1 at the 41st World Chess Olympiad, leading the Egyptian National Chess Team to achieve the best result in Egyptian Chess history and win a gold medal in Category B == Personal life ==