African Junior Chess Championship

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For the age-unrestricted chess tournament, see African Chess Championship.

The African Junior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament open to players in Africa who are under 20 years of age. The tournament was first held in 1980, and since its second edition in 1989, has been held annually with the exception of 2010. Beginning in 2002, a separate championship for girls has been held concurrently with the open championship.[1]

Competition[]

The championships are organized by national federations affiliated with the African Chess Confederation. They are open to chess players who are under 20 years of age as of 1 January of the year in which the championship is held.[2] The championships are organized as a round-robin or a Swiss-system tournament depending on the number of participants. Since 2001, the open championship has been a nine-round Swiss.[3]

The winners of the open and girls' championships earn the right to participate in the next year's World Junior Chess Championships.[4] In the open championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Grandmaster title. In the girls' championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the Woman International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Woman Grandmaster title.[5]

Results[]

Open championship[]

Results are taken from Olimpbase[3] unless otherwise indicated.

Year Venue Winner
1980 Lagos, Nigeria   (NGR)[6]
1989 Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria[7]   (NGR)[8]
1990 Gaborone, Botswana   (ZIM)[9]
1991 Gaborone, Botswana   (ZIM)[9]
1992 Nairobi, Kenya ?
1993 Nairobi, Kenya   (ANG)[10]
1994 , Seychelles   (ANG)[11]
1995 Luanda, Angola   (ANG)[12]
1996 Nigeria   (ANG)[11]
1997 Maputo, Mozambique   (ANG)[11]
1998 Nairobi, Kenya  Robert Gwaze (ZIM)
1999 Kampala, Uganda  Amon Simutowe (ZAM)[13]
2000 Pretoria, South Africa  Amon Simutowe (ZAM)[14]
2001 Lusaka, Zambia  Ahmed Adly (EGY)
2002 Gaborone, Botswana  Johannes Mabusela (RSA)
2003 Tripoli, Libya  Bassem Amin (EGY)
2004 Lusaka, Zambia   (RSA)
2005 Gaborone, Botswana  Bassem Amin (EGY)
2006 Gaborone, Botswana  Chitumbo Mwali (ZAM)
2007 Kamuzu Academy, Kasungu District, Malawi   (EGY)
2008 Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa   (EGY)
2009 Cairo, Egypt   (EGY)
2011 East London, South Africa   (ANG)
2012 Hammamet, Tunisia  Abdelrahman Hesham (EGY)
2013 Tiaret, Algeria   (EGY)
2014 Saurimo, Angola   (ANG)
2015 Victoria, Seychelles   (ANG)
2016 Hammamet, Tunisia   (ALG)
2017 Lomé, Togo  Adham Fawzy (EGY)
2018 Entebbe, Uganda  Adham Fawzy (EGY)[15][16]
2019 Accra, Ghana  Adham Fawzy (EGY)[17]

Girls' championship[]

Results are taken from Olimpbase[18] unless otherwise indicated.

Year Venue Winner
2002 Gaborone, Botswana  Cecile van der Merwe (RSA)[19]
2003 Tripoli, Libya   (MAR)
2004 Lusaka, Zambia   (RSA)
2005 Gaborone, Botswana  Mona Khaled (EGY)
2006 Gaborone, Botswana  Melissa Greeff (RSA)
2007 Kamuzu Academy, Kasungu District, Malawi   (RSA)
2008 Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa  Melissa Greeff (RSA)
2009 Cairo, Egypt  Mona Khaled (EGY)
2011 East London, South Africa   (RSA)
2012 Hammamet, Tunisia  Shrook Wafa (EGY)
2013 Tiaret, Algeria   (ANG)
2014 Saurimo, Angola   (ANG)
2015 Victoria, Seychelles  Shahenda Wafa (EGY)
2016 Hammamet, Tunisia   (ANG)
2017 Lomé, Togo   (ALG)
2018 Entebbe, Uganda   (RSA)
2019 Accra, Ghana   (ANG)

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Information for participants to the 2016 African Junior U-20 Chess Championships" (PDF). Tunisian Chess Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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  6. ^ Keene, Raymond (1980). "Nigeria". British Chess Magazine. Vol. 100. pp. 475–476.
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  15. ^ "2019 African Junior Championship (Accra, Ghana)". Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  16. ^ Masala, Kenya Chess (2019-01-12). "IM Fawzy Adham & WIM Anika Du Plessis win African Junior Chess Championship". Kenya Chess Masala. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  17. ^ "The Junior Chess Program and the 1996 World Microcomputer Chess Championship in Jakarta". ICGA Journal. 1996-12-01. pp. 261–262. doi:10.3233/icg-1996-19414. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  18. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "African Junior Chess Championship — girls". OlimpBase. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  19. ^ "2002 African Junior Championships (Standings)". The Chess Drum. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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