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 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]

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)	Melissa Greef (South Africa)
2011	Maputo	Ahmed Adly (Egypt)	Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2013	Tunis	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2014	Windhoek	Kenny Solomon (South Africa)	Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2015	Cairo	Bassem Amin (Egypt)	Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2016	Kampala	Abdelrahman Hesham (Egypt)	Shrook Wafa (Egypt)

Notes

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

References

• Results from TWIC: 1998,2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014
• Results from thechessdrum: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014