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

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) [2]	Melissa Greeff  (South Africa) [3]
2011	Maputo	Ahmed Adly  (Egypt)	Mona Khaled  (Egypt)
2013	Tunis	Bassem Amin  (Egypt)	Shrook Wafa  (Egypt)
2014	Windhoek	Kenny Solomon  (South Africa) [4]	Shrook Wafa  (Egypt) [5]
2015	Cairo	Bassem Amin  (Egypt)	Mona Khaled  (Egypt)
2016	Kampala	Abdelrahman Hesham  (Egypt) [6]	Shrook Wafa  (Egypt) [7]
2017	Oran	Bassem Amin  (Egypt) [8]	Shahenda Wafa  (Egypt) [9]
2018	Livingstone	Bassem Amin  (Egypt) [10]	Shahenda Wafa  (Egypt) [11]
2019	Hammamet	Ahmed Adly  (Egypt)	Shrook Wafa  (Egypt)
2020	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2021	Lilongwe	Ahmed Adly  (Egypt) [12]	Jesse February  (South Africa) [13]
2022	Lagos	Bassem Amin  (Egypt) [14]	Shahenda Wafa  (Egypt) [14]
2023	Cairo	Adham Fawzy  (Egypt) [15]	Lina Nassr  (Algeria) [16]
2024	Accra	Bassem Amin  (Egypt) [17]	Jesse February  (South Africa) [18]
2025	Cairo	Bilel Bellahcene  (Algeria) [19]	Shrook Wafa  (Egypt) [20]

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
5	Shrook Wafa  (Egypt)	2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2025
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	Algeria	2025
1	South Africa	2014
1	Zimbabwe	2007

Wins by country – Women

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

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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. "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. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2025 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Open Section". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
20. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2025 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Women's Section". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
21. 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