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 2009 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 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 Greef (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)

Notes

  1. ↑ List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007 from fide.com

References


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