African Chess Championship

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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 2009 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]

[edit] Winners

Year City Winner Women's winner
1998 Cairo Flag of Egypt Ibrahim Hasan Labib (Egypt)
2001 Cairo Flag of Morocco Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco) Flag of Algeria Asma Houli (Algeria)
2003 Abuja Flag of Egypt Essam El-Gindy (Egypt) Flag of Algeria Farida Arouche (Algeria)
2005 Lusaka Flag of Egypt Ahmed Adly (Egypt) Flag of Botswana Tuduetso Sabure (Botswana)
2007 Windhoek Flag of Zimbabwe Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe) Flag of Egypt Khaled Mona (Egypt)

[edit] Notes

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

[edit] References

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