African Chess Championship

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

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

Multiple winners - Open

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

Multiple winners - Women

Wins Player Winning years
4  Shrook Wafa (Egypt) 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019
3  Mona Khaled (Egypt) 2007, 2011, 2015
2  Shahenda Wafa (Egypt) 2017, 2018

Wins by country - Open

Wins Country Winning years
12  Egypt 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
2  Morocco 1999, 2001

Wins by country - Women

Wins Country Winning years
9  Egypt 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
2  Algeria 2001, 2003
2  South Africa 2009, 2021

Notes

  1. List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007 Archived 2008-04-12 at the Wayback Machine from fide.com
  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.

References


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