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Chess championship for players under 20 years old in Africa
The African Junior Chess Championship is an annual
chess tournament open to players in
Africa who are under 20 years of age. The tournament was first held in 1980, and since its second edition in 1989, has been held annually with the exception of 2010. Beginning in 2002, a separate championship for girls has been held concurrently with the open championship.
[1]
Competition
The championships are organized by national federations affiliated with the African Chess Confederation. They are open to chess players who are under 20 years of age as of 1 January of the year in which the championship is held.
[2] The championships are organized as a round-robin or a
Swiss-system tournament depending on the number of participants. Since 2001, the open championship has been a nine-round Swiss.
[3]
The winners of the open and girls' championships earn the right to participate in the next year's
World Junior Chess Championships .
[4] In the open championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the
International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a
norm towards the
Grandmaster title. In the girls' championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the
Woman International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a
norm towards the
Woman Grandmaster title.
[5]
Results
Open championship
Results are taken from Olimpbase
[3] unless otherwise indicated.
Year
Venue
Winner
1980
Lagos ,
Nigeria
Shakirudeen Agusto (
NGR )
[6]
1989
Surulere ,
Lagos ,
Nigeria
[7]
Thomas Oparaugo (
NGR )
[8]
1990
Gaborone ,
Botswana
Kudzanai Mamombe (
ZIM )
[9]
1991
Gaborone ,
Botswana
Kudzanai Mamombe (
ZIM )
[9]
1992
Nairobi ,
Kenya
Cephas Sichilima (
ZAM )
[10]
1993
Nairobi ,
Kenya
Adérito Pedro (
ANG )
[11]
1994
Port Launay ,
Seychelles
Eugénio Campos (
ANG )
[12]
1995
Luanda ,
Angola
Eugénio Campos (
ANG )
[13]
1996
Nigeria
Vladimiro Pina (
ANG )
[12]
1997
Maputo ,
Mozambique
Vladimiro Pina (
ANG )
[12]
1998
Nairobi ,
Kenya
Robert Gwaze (
ZIM )
1999
Kampala ,
Uganda
Amon Simutowe (
ZAM )
[14]
2000
Pretoria ,
South Africa
Amon Simutowe (
ZAM )
[15]
2001
Lusaka ,
Zambia
Ahmed Adly (
EGY )
2002
Gaborone ,
Botswana
Johannes Mabusela (
RSA )
2003
Tripoli, Libya
Bassem Amin (
EGY )
2004
Lusaka ,
Zambia
Heinrich Stander (
RSA )
2005
Gaborone ,
Botswana
Bassem Amin (
EGY )
2006
Gaborone ,
Botswana
Chitumbo Mwali (
ZAM )
2007
Kamuzu Academy ,
Kasungu District ,
Malawi
Kareim Wageih (
EGY )
2008
Bronkhorstspruit ,
South Africa
Kareim Wageih (
EGY )
2009
Cairo ,
Egypt
Kareim Wageih (
EGY )
2011
East London ,
South Africa
Erikson Roberto Mauricio Soares (
ANG )
2012
Hammamet, Tunisia
Abdelrahman Hesham (
EGY )
2013
Tiaret ,
Algeria
Moheb Ameir (
EGY )
2014
Saurimo ,
Angola
David Silva (
ANG )
2015
Victoria, Seychelles
David Silva (
ANG )
2016
Hammamet, Tunisia
Ali Nassr (
ALG )
2017
Lomé ,
Togo
Adham Fawzy (
EGY )
2018
Entebbe ,
Uganda
Adham Fawzy (
EGY )
[16]
[17]
2019
Accra ,
Ghana
Adham Fawzy (
EGY )
[18]
2020
Not held due to the
COVID pandemic
2021
Monrovia ,
Liberia
Brahami Lamine (
ALG )
[10]
2022
Bejaia ,
Algeria
Jan Karsten (
RSA )
[10]
2023
Nouakchott ,
Mauritania
Hamad Wafa (
EGY )
[19]
Girls' championship
Results are taken from Olimpbase
[20] unless otherwise indicated.
Year
Venue
Winner
2002
Gaborone ,
Botswana
Cecile van der Merwe (
RSA )
[21]
2003
Tripoli, Libya
Jamila Yougane (
MAR )
2004
Lusaka ,
Zambia
Jenine Ellappen (
RSA )
2005
Gaborone ,
Botswana
Mona Khaled (
EGY )
2006
Gaborone ,
Botswana
Melissa Greeff (
RSA )
2007
Kamuzu Academy ,
Kasungu District ,
Malawi
Daleen Wiid (
RSA )
2008
Bronkhorstspruit ,
South Africa
Melissa Greeff (
RSA )
2009
Cairo ,
Egypt
Mona Khaled (
EGY )
2011
East London ,
South Africa
Tshepang Tlale (
RSA )
2012
Hammamet, Tunisia
Shrook Wafa (
EGY )
2013
Tiaret ,
Algeria
Esperança Caxita (
ANG )
2014
Saurimo ,
Angola
Esperança Caxita (
ANG )
2015
Victoria, Seychelles
Shahenda Wafa (
EGY )
2016
Hammamet, Tunisia
Esperança Caxita (
ANG )
2017
Lomé ,
Togo
Lina Nassr (
ALG )
2018
Entebbe ,
Uganda
Anika du Plessis (
RSA )
2019
Accra ,
Ghana
Luzia Pires (
ANG )
2020
Not held due to the
COVID pandemic
2021
Monrovia ,
Liberia
Lina Nassr (
ALG )
[10]
2022
Bejaia ,
Algeria
Lina Nassr (
ALG )
[10]
2023
Nouakchott ,
Mauritania
Chahrazed Djeroud (
ALG )
[22]
See also
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"Press Release" . The Chess Drum . Botswana Chess Federation. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
^
"Information for participants to the 2016 African Junior U-20 Chess Championships" (PDF) . Tunisian Chess Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
^
a
b Bartelski, Wojciech.
"African Junior Chess Championship" . OlimpBase . Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
^
"FIDE World Junior Under-20 Championships" . FIDE Handbook .
FIDE . Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
^
"Table for Direct Titles effective from 1 July 2017" . FIDE Handbook .
FIDE . Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
^
Keene, Raymond (1980). "Nigeria".
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^ Sanya, Samuel (11 December 2019).
"Chess got me into the boardroom - Dr. Eng. Naimanye" .
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"IM Kudzanai Mamombe" . The Chess Drum . Retrieved 31 March 2021 .
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^ Bouah, Lyndon (10 October 2020).
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^
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"Luzia Pires é campeã africana júnior" . Jornal dos Desportos (in Portuguese). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
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"Africano de Xadrez é um ganho da Paz" . Jornal dos Desportos (in Portuguese). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
^ Musonda, Shamaoma (14 September 1999).
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^
"2019 African Junior Championship (Accra, Ghana)" . 24 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-26 .
^ Masala, Kenya Chess (2019-01-12).
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"The Junior Chess Program and the 1996 World Microcomputer Chess Championship in Jakarta" . ICGA Journal . 19 (4): 261–262. 1996-12-01.
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"Wafa, Djeroud win African Juniors 2023!" . The Chess Drum . 26 December 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024 .
^ Bartelski, Wojciech.
"African Junior Chess Championship — girls" . OlimpBase . Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
^
"2002 African Junior Championships (Standings)" . The Chess Drum . 11 December 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
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"Wafa, Djeroud win African Juniors 2023!" . The Chess Drum . 26 December 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024 .