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).[1]

Winners
YearCityWinnerWomen's winner
1998Cairo Ibrahim Hasan Labib (Egypt)
1999Agadir Mohamed Tissir (Morocco)
2001Cairo Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco) Asma Houli (Algeria)
2003Abuja Essam El-Gindy (Egypt) Farida Arouche (Algeria)
2005Lusaka Ahmed Adly (Egypt) Tuduetso Sabure (Botswana)
2007Windhoek Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe) Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2009Tripoli Bassem Amin (Egypt) Melissa Greeff (South Africa)
2011Maputo Ahmed Adly (Egypt) Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2013Tunis Bassem Amin (Egypt) Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2014Windhoek Kenny Solomon (South Africa) Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2015Cairo Bassem Amin (Egypt) Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2016Kampala Abdelrahman Hesham (Egypt) Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2017Oran Bassem Amin (Egypt) Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)
2018Livingstone Bassem Amin (Egypt) Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)
2019Hammamet Ahmed Adly (Egypt) Shrook Wafa (Egypt)

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

References


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