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).

Winners

Year	City	Winner	Women's winner
1998	Cairo	Ibrahim Hasan Labib (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)	Melissa Greeff (South Africa)
2011	Maputo	Ahmed Adly (Egypt)	Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2013	Tunis	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2014	Windhoek	Kenny Solomon (South Africa)	Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2015	Cairo	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2016	Kampala	Abdelrahman Hesham (Egypt)	Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2017	Oran	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)
2018	Livingstone	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)
2019	Hammamet	Ahmed Adly (Egypt)	Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2020	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2021	Lilongwe	Ahmed Adly (Egypt)	Jesse February (South Africa)
2022	Lagos	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)
2023	Cairo	Adham Fawzy (Egypt)	Lina Nassr (Algeria)
2024	Accra	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	Jesse February (South Africa)

Multiple winners – Open

Wins	Player	Winning years
7	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
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
3	Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)	2017, 2018, 2022
2	Jesse February (South Africa)	2021, 2024

Wins by country – Open

Wins	Country	Winning years
15	Egypt	1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2	Morocco	1999, 2001
1	South Africa	2014
1	Zimbabwe	2007

Wins by country – Women

Wins	Country	Winning years
10	Egypt	2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
3	Algeria	2001, 2003, 2023
3	South Africa	2009, 2021, 2024
1	Botswana	2005

Notes

1. ^ "List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007". World Chess Federation. 18 October 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008.
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.
14. ^ a b "2022 African Chess Championship: Bassem Amin and Shahenda Wafa claim titles". FIDE.com. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
15. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship – Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
16. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship - - Women". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
17. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Open Section". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
18. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Women's Section". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
19. ^ kenyachessmasala.com

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

References

• Results from TWIC: 1998,2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014
• Results from thechessdrum: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014

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