African Chess Championship

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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).[1]

Winners

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Year City Winner Women's winner
1998 Cairo File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ibrahim Hasan Labib (Egypt)
1999 Agadir File:Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Tissir (Morocco)
2001 Cairo File:Flag of Morocco.svg Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco) File:Flag of Algeria.svg Asma Houli (Algeria)
2003 Abuja File:Flag of Egypt.svg Essam El-Gindy (Egypt) File:Flag of Algeria.svg Farida Arouche (Algeria)
2005 Lusaka File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly (Egypt) File:Flag of Botswana.svg Tuduetso Sabure (Botswana)
2007 Windhoek File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2009 Tripoli File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (Egypt)[2] File:Flag of South Africa.svg Melissa Greeff (South Africa)[3]
2011 Maputo File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly (Egypt) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2013 Tunis File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (Egypt) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2014 Windhoek File:Flag of South Africa.svg Kenny Solomon (South Africa)[4] File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shrook Wafa (Egypt)[5]
2015 Cairo File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (Egypt) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2016 Kampala File:Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Hesham (Egypt)[6] File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shrook Wafa (Egypt)[7]
2017 Oran File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (Egypt)[8] File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)[9]
2018 Livingstone File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (Egypt)[10] File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)[11]
2019 Hammamet File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly (Egypt) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2021 Lilongwe File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly (Egypt)[12] File:Flag of South Africa.svg Jesse February (South Africa)[13]
2022 Lagos File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (Egypt)[14] File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)[14]
2023 Cairo File:Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Fawzy (Egypt)[15] File:Flag of Algeria.svg Lina Nassr (Algeria)[16]
2024 Accra File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (Egypt)[17] File:Flag of South Africa.svg Jesse February (South Africa)[18]
2025 Cairo File:Flag of Algeria.svg Bilel Bellahcene (Algeria)[19] File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shrook Wafa (Egypt)[20]

Multiple winners – Open

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Wins Player Winning years
7 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (Egypt) 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
4 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly (Egypt) 2005, 2011, 2019, 2021

Multiple winners – Women

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Wins Player Winning years
5 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shrook Wafa (Egypt) 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2025
3 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mona Khaled (Egypt) 2007, 2011, 2015
3 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Shahenda Wafa (Egypt) 2017, 2018, 2022
2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg Jesse February (South Africa) 2021, 2024

Wins by country – Open

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Wins Country Winning years
14 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1999, 2001
1 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 2025
1 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2014
1 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2007

Wins by country – Women

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Wins Country Winning years
11 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025
3 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 2001, 2003, 2023
3 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2009, 2021, 2024
1 File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 2005

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Notes

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

References

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