African Chess Championship Explained

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

Year City Winner Women's winner
1998
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009 [2] [3]
2011
2013
2014 [4] [5]
2015
2016 [6] [7]
2017 [8] [9]
2018 [10] [11]
2019
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2021 [12] [13]
2022 [14]
2023Cairo[15] [16]
2024Accra[17] [18]

Multiple winners – Open

WinsPlayerWinning years
72009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
42005, 2011, 2019, 2021

Multiple winners – Women

WinsPlayerWinning years
42013, 2014, 2016, 2019
32007, 2011, 2015
32017, 2018, 2022
22021, 2024

Wins by country – Open

WinsCountryWinning years
15 Egypt1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2 Morocco1999, 2001
1 South Africa2014
1 Zimbabwe2007

Wins by country – Women

WinsCountryWinning years
10 Egypt2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
3 Algeria2001, 2003, 2023
3 South Africa2009, 2021, 2024
1 Botswana2005

[19]

Notes

  1. Web site: List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007 . World Chess Federation . 18 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080412144032/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/3-news/1653-144-list-of-qualifiers-for-the-world-cup-2007 . 12 April 2008 . en.
  2. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2009 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (gen) . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  3. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2009 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (women) . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  4. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – African Individual Chess Championships 2014 . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  5. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – African Individual Chess Championships 2014 . 2021-05-28 . chess-results.com.
  6. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2016 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  7. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2016 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – LADIES . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  8. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2017 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  9. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2017 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – LADIES . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  10. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN SECTION . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  11. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – WOMEN SECTION . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  12. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2021 African Individual Chess Championships – Open Section . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  13. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2021 African Individual Chess Championships – Women Section . 2021-05-27 . chess-results.com.
  14. Web site: 2022 African Chess Championship: Bassem Amin and Shahenda Wafa claim titles. 2022-10-08. FIDE.com.
  15. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship – Open . 2023-05-13 . chess-results.com.
  16. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship - - Women . 2023-05-13 . chess-results.com.
  17. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Open Section . 2024-03-20 . chess-results.com.
  18. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Women's Section . 2024-03-20 . chess-results.com.
  19. kenyachessmasala.com

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

References

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "African Chess Championship".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.