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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