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African Chess Championship

{{Short description|International chess competition}}

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).{{Cite web |title=List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007 |publisher=World Chess Federation |url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/3-news/1653-144-list-of-qualifiers-for-the-world-cup-2007 |date=18 October 2007 |archive-url=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 |archive-date=12 April 2008 |language=en}}

Winners

:

class="sortable wikitable"

! Year !! City !! Winner !! Women's winner

1998Cairo{{flagathlete|Ibrahim Hasan Labib|Egypt}}
1999Agadir{{flagathlete|Mohamed Tissir|Morocco}}
2001Cairo{{flagathlete|Hichem Hamdouchi|Morocco}}{{flagathlete|Asma Houli|Algeria}}
2003Abuja{{flagathlete|Essam El-Gindy|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Farida Arouche|Algeria}}
2005Lusaka{{flagathlete|Ahmed Adly|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Tuduetso Sabure|Botswana}}
2007Windhoek{{flagathlete|Robert Gwaze|Zimbabwe}}{{flagathlete|Mona Khaled|Egypt}}
2009Tripoli{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2009 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (gen) |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr24026.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}{{flagathlete|Melissa Greeff|South Africa}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2009 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (women) |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr23976.aspx?lan=1&art=1 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}
2011Maputo{{flagathlete|Ahmed Adly|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Mona Khaled|Egypt}}
2013Tunis{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Shrook Wafa|Egypt}}
2014Windhoek{{flagathlete|Kenny Solomon|South Africa}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – African Individual Chess Championships 2014 |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr154093.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}{{flagathlete|Shrook Wafa|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – African Individual Chess Championships 2014 |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr154094.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-28 |website=chess-results.com}}
2015Cairo{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Mona Khaled|Egypt}}
2016Kampala{{flagathlete|Abdelrahman Hesham|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2016 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr228388.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}{{flagathlete|Shrook Wafa|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2016 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – LADIES |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr228391.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}
2017Oran{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2017 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr290402.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}{{flagathlete|Shahenda Wafa|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2017 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – LADIES |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr290400.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}
2018Livingstone{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN SECTION |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr352629.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}{{flagathlete|Shahenda Wafa|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – WOMEN SECTION |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr352630.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}
2019Hammamet{{flagathlete|Ahmed Adly|Egypt}}{{flagathlete|Shrook Wafa|Egypt}}
2020colspan="3"| Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2021Lilongwe{{flagathlete|Ahmed Adly|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2021 African Individual Chess Championships – Open Section |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr560476.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}{{flagathlete|Jesse February|South Africa}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2021 African Individual Chess Championships – Women Section |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr560477.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}
2022Lagos{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{Cite web|title=2022 African Chess Championship: Bassem Amin and Shahenda Wafa claim titles|url=https://www.fide.com/news/2009|access-date=2022-10-08|website=FIDE.com}}{{flagathlete|Shahenda Wafa|Egypt}}
2023

|Cairo

| {{flagathlete|Adham Fawzy|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship – Open |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr764886.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=chess-results.com}}

| {{flagathlete|Lina Nassr|Algeria}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship - - Women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr764883.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=chess-results.com}}

2024

|Accra

| {{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Open Section |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr903580.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=chess-results.com}}

| {{flagathlete|Jesse February|South Africa}}{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Women's Section |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr903581.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=chess-results.com}}

= Multiple winners – Open =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Wins

! Player

! Winning years

align="center"|7

|{{flagathlete|Bassem Amin|Egypt}}

|align="center"|2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024

align="center"|4

|{{flagathlete|Ahmed Adly|Egypt}}

|align="center"|2005, 2011, 2019, 2021

= Multiple winners – Women =

class="wikitable sortable"
Wins

! Player

! Winning years

align="center"|4

|{{flagathlete|Shrook Wafa|Egypt}}

|align="center"|2013, 2014, 2016, 2019

align="center"|3

|{{flagathlete|Mona Khaled|Egypt}}

|align="center"|2007, 2011, 2015

align="center"|3

|{{flagathlete|Shahenda Wafa|Egypt}}

|align="center"|2017, 2018, 2022

align="center"|2

|{{flagathlete|Jesse February|South Africa}}

|align="center"|2021, 2024

= Wins by country – Open =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Wins

! Country

! Winning years

align="center"|15

|{{flag|Egypt}}

|align="center"|1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

align="center"|2

|{{flag|Morocco}}

|align="center"|1999, 2001

align="center"|1

|{{flag|South Africa}}

|align="center"|2014

align="center"|1

|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}

|align="center"|2007

= Wins by country – Women =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Wins

! Country

! Winning years

align="center"|10

|{{flag|Egypt}}

|align="center"|2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

align="center"|3

|{{flag|Algeria}}

|align="center"|2001, 2003, 2023

align="center"|3

|{{flag|South Africa}}

|align="center"|2009, 2021, 2024

align="center"|1

|{{flag|Botswana}}

|align="center"|2005

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Notes

[https://kenyachessmasala.com/2021/06/gm-ahmed-adly-wins-2021-african-title.html GM Ahmed Adly is the 2021 African Individual Chess Champion.]

[https://kenyachessmasala.com/2021/05/wim-jesse-february-2021-african-champ.html WIM Jesse February is crowned 2021 African Individual Chess Champion.]

References

  • Results from TWIC: [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic210.html#14 1998],[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic360.html#4 2001], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic467.html#15 2003], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic576.html#8 2005], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic671.html#12 2007], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic1050.html#15 2014]
  • Results from thechessdrum: [http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2001/NB_AfricanCh2001.html 2001], [http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2003/NB_AllAfrica3.html 2003], [http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2005/NB_AfricanCh2.html 2005], [http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_AfricanCh2.html 2007], [http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2009/05/28/2009-african-individual-championships/ 2009], [http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2011/06/07/2011-african-individual-championships/ 2011], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150819201615/http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2013/05/20/2013-african-championship-tunis-tunisia/ 2013], [http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2014/12/22/king-so 2014]

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Category:African championships in chess

Category:Women's chess competitions

Category:1998 in chess

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1998

Category:1998 establishments in Egypt

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