African Individual Chess Championship

African Individual Chess Championship (AICC)

The first African Individual Chess Championship was held in 1998 in Cairo, Egypt.

 Ibrahim Hasan Labib and Mohamed Tissir both shared first place with 7/10, but the former claimed the championship title. Women started competing in the championship in 2021 and Algeria’s Asma Houli was the first women’s winner.

Winners

YearCityWinnerWomen’s winner
1998Cairo Ibrahim Hasan Labib (Egypt)
1999Agadir Mohamed Tissir (Morocco)
2001Cairo Hichem Hamdouchi (Morocco) Asma Houli (Algeria)
2003Abuja Essam El-Gindy (Egypt) Farida Arouche (Algeria)
2005Lusaka Ahmed Adly (Egypt) Tuduetso Sabure (Botswana)
2007Windhoek Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe) Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2009Tripoli Bassem Amin (Egypt)[2] Melissa Greeff (South Africa)[3]
2011Maputo Ahmed Adly (Egypt) Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2013Tunis Bassem Amin (Egypt) Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2014Windhoek Kenny Solomon (South Africa)[4] Shrook Wafa (Egypt)[5]
2015Cairo Bassem Amin (Egypt) Mona Khaled (Egypt)
2016Kampala Abdelrahman Hesham (Egypt)[6] Shrook Wafa (Egypt)[7]
2017Oran Bassem Amin (Egypt)[8] Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)[9]
2018Livingstone Bassem Amin (Egypt)[10] Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)[11]
2019Hammamet Ahmed Adly (Egypt) Shrook Wafa (Egypt)
2020Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2021Lilongwe Ahmed Adly (Egypt)[12] Jesse February (South Africa)[13]
2022Lagos Bassem Amin (Egypt)[14] Shahenda Wafa (Egypt)[14]
2023Cairo Adham Fawzy (Egypt)[15] Lina Nassr (Algeria)[16]
2024Accra Bassem Amin (Egypt)[17] Jesse February (South Africa)[18]