Shrook Wafa

Shrook Wafa (born 13 May 1997)^[2] is an Egyptian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster.

Shrook Wafa

Wafa in 2025
Personal information
Born	13 May 1997 (1997-05-13) (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]

Notes

1. Several Egyptian players briefly switched federations in 2024 due to FIDE suspending membership of the Egyptian Chess Federation.^[1]