Chess at the African Games

Chess has been contested at the African Games since the 2003 Games in Abuja, except for the 2015 Games in Brazzaville. The chess events have included individual and team events for men and women.

Chess at the African Games

First event	2003 Abuja
Occur every	four years
Last event	2023 Accra
Most successful	Egypt (EGY)

The open team event at the African Games is the successor of the African Team Chess Championship: the winner of the event gains the right to participate at the next World Team Chess Championship.^[1] The African Team Chess Championship was only held twice in Cairo in 1993 and 1997, and Egypt won both times.^[2]

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Events			Best nation
			Men	Women	Mixed
VIII	2003	Abuja	8	8	—	Algeria
IX	2007	Algiers	8	8	—	Egypt
X	2011	Maputo	7	7	—	Egypt
XI	2015	Not held
XII	2019	Rabat	2	2	1	Egypt
XIII	2023	Accra	2	2	2	Egypt

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	23	11	6	40
2	Algeria (ALG)	13	11	7	31
3	Nigeria (NGR)	8	3	8	19
4	South Africa (RSA)	2	16	9	27
5	Angola (ANG)	2	2	5	9
6	Libya (LBA)	2	0	1	3
7	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	1	1	3
8	Zambia (ZAM)	0	4	5	9
9	Botswana (BOT)	0	2	4	6
10	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	0	1	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		51	50	49	150