African Chess Championship

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The first African Chess Championship was played in 1998. 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 (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 Cairo   (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]

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.

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