2013 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia)

The African continental championship has begun in Tunis, Tunisia and three spots for the World Cup qualifying tournament (Tromso, Norway, 10th August-5th September) are at stake. The field appears to be tremendously void of players from Sub-Saharan Africa, most notably from Zambia who announced plans to withdraw a week ago. Thus, this field will raise questions on the implementation and execution of future events.

The 2013 field is headlined by the Egyptian GMs Ahmed Adly (defending champion) and Bassem Amin are are touted as the continent’s top two players. Essam El-Gindy rounds out the trio of Egyptian GMs and with GM Slim Belkhodja of Algeria being the remaining GM. GM-elect Kenny Solomon of South Africa will attempt to climb the ELO ladder with a strong showing. The field contains a number of aspirants out of the eight countries listed. In the men’s field there are 28 players (led by 7 Tunisian, 6 Egyptian) and 16 in the women’s field (5 Tunisian, 4 Egyptian).

The African Chess Union and Tunisian Chess Federation (TCF) are hosts of the tourney and it is being held at the 4th STARS Hotel in Tunis running from May 17th (day of arrival) until May 28th 2013 (day of departure).

2013 African Individual Chess Championships May 17th – May 28th, 2013 (Tunis, Tunisia)
Open Section
#	Name	Title	Federation	Flag	Rating
1	Amin, Bassem	GM	Egypt		2635
2	Adly, Ahmed	GM	Egypt		2594
3	El-Gindy, Essam	GM	Egypt		2482
4	Haddouche, Mohamed	IM	Algeria		2459
5	Ezat, Mohamed	IM	Egypt		2454
6	Arab, Adlane	IM	Algeria		2445
7	Belkhodja, Slim	GM	Tunisia		2444
8	Abdel-Razik, Khaled	IM	Egypt		2444
9	Solomon, Kenny	IM	S. Africa		2406
10	Adnani, Moklis	FM	Morocco		2365
11	Sarwat, Walaa	IM	Egypt		2335
12	Hifad, Rachid	FM	Morocco		2304
13	Zaibi, Amir	CM	Tunisia		2285
14	Van Den Heever, Donovan	FM	S. Africa		2280
15	Elarbi Abobker		Libya		2272
16	Amdouni, Zoubaier	FM	Tunisia		2249
17	Njobvu Ignatius	FM	Botswana		2239
18	Boudriga, Med Ali		Tunisia		2234
19	Bouaziz, Mehdi	CM	Tunisia		2228
20	Asabri Hussien	FM	Libya		2222
21	Miguel, Sergio		Angola		2218
22	Nafri, Khalil		Morocco		2191
23	Oliveira, Luciano		Angola		2189
24	Solomons, Deon	FM	S. Africa		2169
25	Bouzidi, Ahmed		Tunisia		2161
26	Taeib, Sahbi		Tunisia		2134
27	Al-Zayat, Ahmed	FM	Libya		2070
28	Nassr Ali	FM	Algeria		2070
Women’s Section
1	Mezioud, Amina	WIM	Algeria		2029
2	Wafa, Shrook	WIM	Egypt		1965
3	Solomons, Anzel	WIM	S. Africa		1931
4	Moaataz, Ayah	WFM	Egypt		1923
5	Abdi Zineb, Dina	WIM	Algeria		1905
6	Mudongo, Boikhutso	WIM	Botswana		1875
7	Elansary, Eman	WCM	Egypt		1859
8	Tlale, Tshepang	WIM	S. Africa		1790
9	Lopang, Tshepiso	WIM	Botswana		1784
10	Abdelmenaem, Sohayla	WFM	Egypt		1766
11	Nouali, Djouher		Algeria		1727
12	Baktach, Nesrine	WFM	Tunisia		1684
13	Meddeb, Chadha	WIM	Tunisia		1677
14	Marzouk Amira	WCM	Tunisia		1651
15	Matoussi, Amani		Tunisia		1625
16	Lahmar, Chaima		Tunisia		1509
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Venue for the 2013 African Individual Championships

Host Committee!

Technical Meeting

Playing Hall… good conditions!
All photos by Hassan Khaled.

Organizer: Chedly RAHMANI (rahmani_chedly@yahoo.fr)
Treasurer: Kais CHELLI (kais.chelli@gmail.com)
Contact Person: Kais CHELLI (Mobile phone: 00 216 55 114245)
Men: https://chess-results.com/tnr100566.aspx?art=0&lan=1&flag=30&wi=821
Women: https://chess-results.com/tnr101405.aspx?art=0&lan=1&flag=30&wi=821