African Chess Championship
- 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). [ [http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/3-news/1653-144-list-of-qualifiers-for-the-world-cup-2007 List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007] from fide.com]
Winners
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Notes
References
* Results from TWIC: [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic210.html#14 1998] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic360.html#4 2001] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic467.html#15 2003] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic576.html#8 2005] , [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic671.html#12 2007]
* Results from thechessdrum: [http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2001/NB_AfricanCh2001.html 2001] , [http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2003/NB_AllAfrica3.html 2003] , [http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2005/NB_AfricanCh2.html 2005] , [http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2007/NB_AfricanCh2.html 2007]
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