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{{Short description|International chess competition}}
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 [[World Chess Championship 2010|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).<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Qualifiers for the World Cup 2007 |publisher=World Chess Federation |url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/3-news/1653-144-list-of-qualifiers-for-the-world-cup-2007 |date=18 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412144032/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/3-news/1653-144-list-of-qualifiers-for-the-world-cup-2007 |archive-date=12 April 2008 |language=en}}</ref>

== Winners ==
:{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year !! City !! Winner !! Women's winner
|-
| 1998 ||       [[Cairo]]       ||          {{flagathlete|[[Ibrahim Hasan Labib]]|Egypt}} ||
|-
| 1999 ||	[[Agadir]]	||	{{flagathlete|[[Mohamed Tissir]]|Morocco}}  ||
|-
| 2001 ||	[[Cairo]]	||	{{flagathlete|[[Hichem Hamdouchi]]|Morocco}}  || {{flagathlete|[[Asma Houli]]|Algeria}}
|-
| 2003 ||	[[Abuja]]	||	{{flagathlete|[[Essam El-Gindy]]|Egypt}} || {{flagathlete|[[Farida Arouche]]|Algeria}}
|-
| 2005 ||	[[Lusaka]]	||	{{flagathlete|[[Ahmed Adly]]|Egypt}} ||  {{flagathlete|[[Tuduetso Sabure]]|Botswana}}
|-
| 2007 ||       [[Windhoek]]     ||      {{flagathlete|[[Robert Gwaze]]|Zimbabwe}} || {{flagathlete|[[Mona Khaled]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 2009 ||  [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] ||  {{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2009 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (gen) |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr24026.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref> || {{flagathlete|[[Melissa Greeff]]|South Africa}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2009 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (women) |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr23976.aspx?lan=1&art=1 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 ||   [[Maputo]]  || {{flagathlete|[[Ahmed Adly]]|Egypt}} || {{flagathlete|[[Mona Khaled]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 2013 ||       [[Tunis]] ||      {{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}} || {{flagathlete|[[Shrook Wafa]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 2014 ||       [[Windhoek]] ||      {{flagathlete|[[Kenny Solomon]]|South Africa}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – African Individual Chess Championships 2014 |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr154093.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref> || {{flagathlete|[[Shrook Wafa]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – African Individual Chess Championships 2014 |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr154094.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-28 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 ||  [[Cairo]]  ||     {{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}}  || {{flagathlete|[[Mona Khaled]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 2016 ||  [[Kampala]]  ||   {{flagathlete|[[Abdelrahman Hesham]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2016 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr228388.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref> || {{flagathlete|[[Shrook Wafa]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2016 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – LADIES |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr228391.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 ||  [[Oran]]  ||     {{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2017 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr290402.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>  || {{flagathlete|[[Shahenda Wafa]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2017 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – LADIES |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr290400.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 ||  [[Livingstone, Zambia|Livingstone]]  || {{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN SECTION |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr352629.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref> || {{flagathlete|[[Shahenda Wafa]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – WOMEN SECTION |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr352630.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 ||  [[Hammamet, Tunisia|Hammamet]]  ||{{flagathlete|[[Ahmed Adly]]|Egypt}} || {{flagathlete|[[Shrook Wafa]]|Egypt}}
|-
| 2020 ||colspan="3"| Not held due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Africa]]
|-
| 2021 || [[Lilongwe]] || {{flagathlete|[[Ahmed Adly]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2021 African Individual Chess Championships – Open Section |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr560476.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref> || {{flagathlete|[[Jesse February]]|South Africa}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2021 African Individual Chess Championships – Women Section |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr560477.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 |access-date=2021-05-27 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 ||  [[Lagos]]  ||     {{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=2022 African Chess Championship: Bassem Amin and Shahenda Wafa claim titles|url=https://www.fide.com/news/2009|access-date=2022-10-08|website=FIDE.com}}</ref>  || {{flagathlete|[[Shahenda Wafa]]|Egypt}}<ref name="auto" />
|-
|2023
|[[Cairo]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Adham Fawzy]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship – Open |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr764886.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Lina Nassr]]|Algeria}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – 2023 African Individual Chess Championship - - Women |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr764883.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|[[Accra]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Open Section |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr903580.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Jesse February]]|South Africa}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2024 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Women's Section |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr903581.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|[[Cairo]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Bilel Bellahcene]]|Algeria}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2025 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Open Section |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr1170241.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
| {{flagathlete|[[Shrook Wafa]]|Egypt}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2025 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) - Women's Section |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr1170242.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|}

=== Multiple winners – Open ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Wins
! Player
! Winning years
|-
|align="center"|7
|{{flagathlete|[[Bassem Amin]]|Egypt}}
|align="center"|2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
|-
|align="center"|4
|{{flagathlete|[[Ahmed Adly]]|Egypt}}
|align="center"|2005, 2011, 2019, 2021
|}

=== Multiple winners – Women ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Wins
! Player
! Winning years
|-
|align="center"|5
|{{flagathlete|[[Shrook Wafa]]|Egypt}}
|align="center"|2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2025
|-
|align="center"|3
|{{flagathlete|[[Mona Khaled]]|Egypt}}
|align="center"|2007, 2011, 2015
|-
|align="center"|3
|{{flagathlete|[[Shahenda Wafa]]|Egypt}}
|align="center"|2017, 2018, 2022
|-
|align="center"|2
|{{flagathlete|[[Jesse February]]|South Africa}}
|align="center"|2021, 2024
|}

=== Wins by country – Open ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Wins
! Country
! Winning years
|-
|align="center"|15
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|align="center"|1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
|-
|align="center"|2
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|align="center"|1999, 2001
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|align="center"|2025
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|align="center"|2014
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|align="center"|2007
|}

=== Wins by country – Women ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Wins
! Country
! Winning years
|-
|align="center"|11
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|align="center"|2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025
|-
|align="center"|3
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|align="center"|2001, 2003, 2023
|-
|align="center"|3
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|align="center"|2009, 2021, 2024
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flag|Botswana}}
|align="center"|2005
|}

<ref>kenyachessmasala.com</ref>

== Notes ==
<references />
[https://kenyachessmasala.com/2021/06/gm-ahmed-adly-wins-2021-african-title.html GM Ahmed Adly is the 2021 African Individual Chess Champion.]
[https://kenyachessmasala.com/2021/05/wim-jesse-february-2021-african-champ.html WIM Jesse February is crowned 2021 African Individual Chess Champion.]

== References ==

* Results from TWIC: [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic210.html#14 1998],[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic360.html#4 2001], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic467.html#15 2003], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic576.html#8 2005], [https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic671.html#12 2007], [http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic1050.html#15 2014]
* 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], [http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2009/05/28/2009-african-individual-championships/ 2009], [http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2011/06/07/2011-african-individual-championships/ 2011], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150819201615/http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2013/05/20/2013-african-championship-tunis-tunisia/ 2013], [http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2014/12/22/king-so 2014]

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