African Chess Championship

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The first African Chess Championship was played in 1998. Ibrahim Hasan Labib and Mohamed Tissir both shared first place with 7/10, but the former took the title.

The 2007 championship was the FIDE Zone 4 qualifier for the Chess World Cup 2007, the next stage in the 2010 World Championship. Six players qualified for the 2007 World Cup: IM Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe), IM Pedro Aderito (Angola), IM Essam El Gindy (Egypt), GM Bassem Amin (Egypt), GM Ahmed Adly (Egypt), and FM Khaled Abdel Razik (Egypt).[1]

Winners[edit]

Year City Winner Women's winner
1998 Cairo  Ibrahim Hasan Labib (Egypt)
1999 Agadir  Mohamed Tissir (Morocco)
2001 Cairo  Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco)  Asma Houli (Algeria)
2003 Abuja  Essam El-Gindy (Egypt)  Farida Arouche (Algeria)
2005 Lusaka  Ahmed Adly (Egypt)  Tuduetso Sabure (Botswana)
2007 Windhoek  Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe)  Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2009 Tripoli  Bassem Amin (Egypt)[2]  Melissa Greeff (South Africa)[3]
2011 Maputo  Ahmed Adly (Egypt)  Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2013 Tunis  Bassem Amin (Egypt)  Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2014 Windhoek  Kenny Solomon (South Africa)[4]  Shrook Wafa (Egypt)[5]
2015 Cairo  Bassem Amin (Egypt)  Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2016 Kampala  Abdelrahman Hesham (Egypt)[6]  Shrook Wafa (Egypt)[7]
2017 Oran  Bassem Amin (Egypt)[8]  Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)[9]
2018 Livingstone  Bassem Amin (Egypt)[10]  Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)[11]
2019 Hammamet  Ahmed Adly (Egypt)  Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2021 Lilongwe  Ahmed Adly (Egypt)[12]  Jesse February (South Africa)[13]
2022 Lagos  Bassem Amin (Egypt)[14]  Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)[14]
2023 Cairo  Adham Fawzy (Egypt)[15]  Lina Nassr (Algeria)[16]
2024 Accra  Bassem Amin (Egypt)[17]  Jesse February (South Africa)[18]

Multiple winners – Open[edit]

Wins Player Winning years
7  Bassem Amin (Egypt) 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
4  Ahmed Adly (Egypt) 2005, 2011, 2019, 2021

Multiple winners – Women[edit]

Wins Player Winning years
4  Shrook Wafa (Egypt) 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019
3  Mona Khaled (Egypt) 2007, 2011, 2015
3  Shahenda Wafa (Egypt) 2017, 2018, 2022
2  Jesse February (South Africa) 2021, 2024

Wins by country – Open[edit]

Wins Country Winning years
15  Egypt 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2  Morocco 1999, 2001
1  South Africa 2014
1  Zimbabwe 2007

Wins by country – Women[edit]

Wins Country Winning years
10  Egypt 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
3  Algeria 2001, 2003, 2023
3  South Africa 2009, 2021, 2024
1  Botswana 2005

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007". World Chess Federation. 18 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2009 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (gen)". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2009 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (women)". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – African Individual Chess Championships 2014". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  5. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – African Individual Chess Championships 2014". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  6. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2016 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  7. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2016 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – LADIES". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  8. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2017 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  9. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2017 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – LADIES". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  10. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN SECTION". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  11. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – WOMEN SECTION". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  12. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2021 African Individual Chess Championships – Open Section". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  13. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2021 African Individual Chess Championships – Women Section". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  14. ^ a b "2022 African Chess Championship: Bassem Amin and Shahenda Wafa claim titles". FIDE.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  15. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship – Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  16. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship - - Women". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  17. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Open Section". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  18. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Women's Section". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  19. ^ kenyachessmasala.com

GM Ahmed Adly is the 2021 African Individual Chess Champion. WIM Jesse February is crowned 2021 African Individual Chess Champion.

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