2015 African Individual Championship (Cairo, Egypt)

The African continental championship has begun in Cairo, Egypt in the “Land of Kings and Queens”. With two spots up for grabs at World Cup qualifying tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 2013 field is headlined by the Egyptian GMs Bassem Amin and Ahmed Adly from a total of 54 players from 11 federations (32 in the Open section and 22 in the Women’s).

The tournament hosts a total of five GMs, eleven IMs, three WGMs and six WIMs! Unfortunately, there are a number of players and federations who did not make the trip. The most notable omission is South Africa’s newest Grandmaster and Africa’s defending champion in Kenny Solomon. He will not be able to defend his title due to sanction brought onto the South Africa because of arrears.

In addition, only eleven of the 52 players are from Sub-Saharan Africa which was a similar problem last year despite the tournament being held in Namibia. While there was hope given some of the new initiatives announced after the elections, it appears that African chess still has a long way to go to bring about parity on the continent.

The Egyptian Minstry of Youth and Sports, Egyptian Chess Federation and African Chess Confederation are the hosts of the tourney and it is being run from May 1st (day of arrival) until May 13th 2015 (day of departure).

2015 African Individual Chess Championships May 1st – May 13th, 2015 (Cairo, Egypt)
Open Section
#	Name	Title	Federation	Flag	Rating
1	Amin, Bassem	GM	Egypt		2633
2	Adly, Ahmed	GM	Egypt		2593
3	Haddouche, Mohamed	GM	Algeria		2492
4	Shoker, Samy	GM	Egypt		2484
5	Ezat, Mohamed	IM	Egypt		2454
6	El-Gindy, Essam	GM	Egypt		2450
7	Arab, Adlane	IM	Algeria		2439
8	Abdel-Razik, Khaled	IM	Egypt		2430
9	Abdelnabbi, Imed	IM	Egypt		2421
10	Farahat Ali	IM	Egypt		2390
11	Hesham, Abdelrahman	IM	Egypt		2389
12	Kayonde Andrew	FM	Zambia		2374
13	Belouadah, Saad	IM	Algeria		2351
14	Amdouni, Zoubaier	FM	Tunisia		2338
15	Elgabry, Mohsen	IM	Egypt		2325
16	Kigigha Bomo	CM	Nigeria		2301
17	Ameir Moheb	IM	Egypt		2290
18	Oatlhotse, Providence	IM	Botswana		2271
19	Elkholti, Achraf		Morocco		2268
20	Adu, Oladapo	IM	Nigeria		2238
21	Choukri, Adel		Morocco		2231
22	Nafri Khalil		Morocco		2230
23	Buti Raphael		Uganda		2196
24	Abuzied, Ahmed	CM	Sudan		2187
25	Gator Mosab	FM	Libya		2138
26	Nadir, Samir	CM	Sudan		2136
27	Almahjoub, Mokhtar		Libya		2110
28	Adam, Jamal	CM	Sudan		2092
29	Dzilani, Abel		Botswana		2049
30	Mahgub, Mohamed Mustafa		Libya		1985
31	Elmejbri Ali A.	FM	Libya		1841
32	Ruzigura, Alexis	CM	Rwanda		1754
Women’s Section
1	Wafa, Shrook	WIM	Egypt		2160
2	Khaled, Mona	WGM	Egypt		2125
3	Wafa, Shahenda	WIM	Egypt		2101
4	Mezioud, Amina	WIM	Algeria		2083
5	Latreche, Sabrina	WIM	Algeria		2037
6	Mwango, Lorita	WFM	Zambia		1968
7	Hamza, Amira	WIM	Algeria		1944
8	Sabure, Tuduetso	WGM	Botswana		1879
9	Elansary, Eman	WCM	Egypt		1863
10	Botlhole, Kgalalelo	WIM	Botswana		1785
11	Ehab, Tasneem		Egypt		1760
12	Francis, Onkemetse	WIM	Botswana		1759
13	Mohsen, Hend		Egypt		1754
14	Elgohary, Myada		Egypt		1708
15	Matoussi, Amani		Tunisia		1610
16	Nasreldin, Zeinab	WCM	Sudan		1577
17	Rabiu, Olabisi	WCM	Nigeria		1543
18	Mohammed, Tayseer		Sudan		1459
19	Mohammed, Ibtihal		Sudan		1410
20	Ibrahimi, Khadija		Morocco		0
21	Mayar, Elidrissi Firdaous		Morocco		0
22	Rania, Sbai		Morocco		0
African Chess Confederation

Open: https://chess-results.com/tnr171794.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30&wi=821
Women: https://chess-results.com/tnr171796.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30&wi=821
Games (Chessdom): https://arena.chessdom.com/#/stream_tournaments/show/763