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
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( , ), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the Spor ...
Zone 4 qualifier for the
Chess World Cup 2007
The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2010. It was held as a 128-player single-elimination tournament, between 24 November and 16 December 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
In an event att ...
, 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).
Winners
:
Multiple winners – Open
Multiple winners – Women
Wins by country – Open
Wins by country – Women
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Notes
GM Ahmed Adly is the 2021 African Individual Chess Champion.
References
* Results from TWIC
* Results from thechessdrum
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African championships in chess
Women's chess competitions
1998 in chess
Recurring sporting events established in 1998
1998 establishments in Egypt
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