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 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

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! Year !! City !! Winner !! Women's winner
 * 1998 ||      Cairo       ||          🇪🇬 Ibrahim Hasan Labib (EGY) ||
 * 1999 ||	Agadir	||	🇲🇦 Mohamed Tissir (MAR) ||
 * 2001 ||	Cairo	||	🇲🇦 Hichem Hamdouchi (MAR) || 🇩🇿 Asma Houli (DZA)
 * 2003 ||	Abuja	||	🇪🇬 Essam El-Gindy (EGY) || 🇩🇿 Farida Arouche (DZA)
 * 2005 ||	Lusaka	||	🇪🇬 Ahmed Adly (EGY) || 🇧🇼 Tuduetso Sabure (BWA)
 * 2007 ||      Windhoek     ||      🇿🇼  Robert Gwaze (ZWE) || 🇪🇬 Mona Khaled (EGY)
 * 2009 || Tripoli ||  🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY) || 🇿🇦 Melissa Greeff (ZAF)
 * 2011 ||  Maputo  || 🇪🇬 Ahmed Adly (EGY) || 🇪🇬 Mona Khaled (EGY)
 * 2013 ||      Tunis ||      🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY) || 🇪🇬 Shrook Wafa (EGY)
 * 2014 ||      Windhoek ||      🇿🇦 Kenny Solomon (ZAF) || 🇪🇬 Shrook Wafa (EGY)
 * 2015 || Cairo  ||     🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY)  || 🇪🇬 Mona Khaled (EGY)
 * 2016 || Kampala  ||   🇪🇬 Abdelrahman Hesham (EGY) || 🇪🇬 Shrook Wafa (EGY)
 * 2017 || Oran  ||     🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY)  || 🇪🇬 Shahenda Wafa (EGY)
 * 2018 || Livingstone  || 🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY) || 🇪🇬 Shahenda Wafa (EGY)
 * 2019 || Hammamet  ||🇪🇬 Ahmed Adly (EGY) || 🇪🇬 Shrook Wafa (EGY)
 * 2020 ||colspan="3"| Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
 * 2021 || Lilongwe || 🇪🇬 Ahmed Adly (EGY) || 🇿🇦 Jesse February (ZAF)
 * 2022 || Lagos  ||     🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY)  || 🇪🇬 Shahenda Wafa (EGY)
 * 2023
 * Cairo
 * 🇪🇬 Adham Fawzy (EGY)
 * 🇩🇿 Lina Nassr (DZA)
 * 2024
 * Accra
 * 🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY)
 * 🇿🇦 Jesse February (ZAF)
 * }
 * 2018 || Livingstone  || 🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY) || 🇪🇬 Shahenda Wafa (EGY)
 * 2019 || Hammamet  ||🇪🇬 Ahmed Adly (EGY) || 🇪🇬 Shrook Wafa (EGY)
 * 2020 ||colspan="3"| Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
 * 2021 || Lilongwe || 🇪🇬 Ahmed Adly (EGY) || 🇿🇦 Jesse February (ZAF)
 * 2022 || Lagos  ||     🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY)  || 🇪🇬 Shahenda Wafa (EGY)
 * 2023
 * Cairo
 * 🇪🇬 Adham Fawzy (EGY)
 * 🇩🇿 Lina Nassr (DZA)
 * 2024
 * Accra
 * 🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY)
 * 🇿🇦 Jesse February (ZAF)
 * }
 * 2024
 * Accra
 * 🇪🇬 Bassem Amin (EGY)
 * 🇿🇦 Jesse February (ZAF)
 * }
 * }