African Junior Chess Championship

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.

YearVenueWinner
1980Lagos, Nigeria Shakirudeen Agusto (NGR)[6]
1989Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria[7] Thomas Oparaugo (NGR)[8]
1990Gaborone, Botswana Kudzanai Mamombe (ZIM)[9]
1991Gaborone, Botswana Kudzanai Mamombe (ZIM)[9]
1992Nairobi, Kenya Cephas Sichilima (ZAM)[10]
1993Nairobi, Kenya Adérito Pedro (ANG)[11]
1994Port Launay, Seychelles Eugénio Campos (ANG)[12]
1995Luanda, Angola Eugénio Campos (ANG)[13]
1996Nigeria Vladimiro Pina (ANG)[12]
1997Maputo, Mozambique Vladimiro Pina (ANG)[12]
1998Nairobi, Kenya Robert Gwaze (ZIM)
1999Kampala, Uganda Amon Simutowe (ZAM)[14]
2000Pretoria, South Africa Amon Simutowe (ZAM)[15]
2001Lusaka, Zambia Ahmed Adly (EGY)
2002Gaborone, Botswana Johannes Mabusela (RSA)
2003Tripoli, Libya Bassem Amin (EGY)
2004Lusaka, Zambia Heinrich Stander (RSA)
2005Gaborone, Botswana Bassem Amin (EGY)
2006Gaborone, Botswana Chitumbo Mwali (ZAM)
2007Kamuzu Academy, Kasungu District, Malawi Kareim Wageih (EGY)
2008Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa Kareim Wageih (EGY)
2009Cairo, Egypt Kareim Wageih (EGY)
2011East London, South Africa Erikson Roberto Mauricio Soares (ANG)
2012Hammamet, Tunisia Abdelrahman Hesham (EGY)
2013Tiaret, Algeria Moheb Ameir (EGY)
2014Saurimo, Angola David Silva (ANG)
2015Victoria, Seychelles David Silva (ANG)
2016Hammamet, Tunisia Ali Nassr (ALG)
2017Lomé, Togo Adham Fawzy (EGY)
2018Entebbe, Uganda Adham Fawzy (EGY)[16][17]
2019Accra, Ghana Adham Fawzy (EGY)[18]
2020Not held due to the COVID pandemic
2021Monrovia, Liberia Brahami Lamine (ALG)[10]
2022Béjaïa, Algeria Jan Karsten (RSA)[10]
2023Nouakchott, Mauritania Hamad Wafa (EGY) [19]

Girls' championship

Results are taken from Olimpbase[20] unless otherwise indicated.

YearVenueWinner
2002Gaborone, Botswana Cecile van der Merwe (RSA)[21]
2003Tripoli, Libya Jamila Yougane (MAR)
2004Lusaka, Zambia Jenine Ellappen (RSA)
2005Gaborone, Botswana Mona Khaled (EGY)
2006Gaborone, Botswana Melissa Greeff (RSA)
2007Kamuzu Academy, Kasungu District, Malawi Daleen Wiid (RSA)
2008Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa Melissa Greeff (RSA)
2009Cairo, Egypt Mona Khaled (EGY)
2011East London, South Africa Tshepang Tlale (RSA)
2012Hammamet, Tunisia Shrook Wafa (EGY)
2013Tiaret, Algeria Esperança Caxita (ANG)
2014Saurimo, Angola Esperança Caxita (ANG)
2015Victoria, Seychelles Shahenda Wafa (EGY)
2016Hammamet, Tunisia Esperança Caxita (ANG)
2017Lomé, Togo Lina Nassr (ALG)
2018Entebbe, Uganda Anika du Plessis (RSA)
2019Accra, Ghana Luzia Pires (ANG)
2020Not held due to the COVID pandemic
2021Monrovia, Liberia Lina Nassr (ALG)[10]
2022Béjaïa, Algeria Lina Nassr (ALG)[10]
2023Nouakchott, Mauritania Chahrazed Djeroud (ALG) [22]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Press Release". The Chess Drum. Botswana Chess Federation. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Information for participants to the 2016 African Junior U-20 Chess Championships" (PDF). Tunisian Chess Federation. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b Bartelski, Wojciech. "African Junior Chess Championship". OlimpBase. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ "FIDE World Junior Under-20 Championships". FIDE Handbook. FIDE. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Table for Direct Titles effective from 1 July 2017". FIDE Handbook. FIDE. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. ^ Keene, Raymond (1980). "Nigeria". British Chess Magazine. Vol. 100. pp. 475–476.
  7. ^ Sanya, Samuel (11 December 2019). "Chess got me into the boardroom – Dr. Eng. Naimanye". New Vision. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020.
  8. ^ CHESS. Vol. 52. 1989. p. 5. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ a b "IM Kudzanai Mamombe". The Chess Drum. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d e Masala, Kenya Chess (2022-11-20). "Jan Karsten & WIM Lina Nassr win 2022 African Junior Championship". Kenya Chess Masala. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  11. ^ Bouah, Lyndon (10 October 2020). "Reflection on IM Aderito Pedro". Kenya Chess Masala. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  12. ^ a b c "Luzia Pires é campeã africana júnior". Jornal dos Desportos (in Portuguese). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Africano de Xadrez é um ganho da Paz". Jornal dos Desportos (in Portuguese). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  14. ^ Musonda, Shamaoma (14 September 1999). "Boy-wonder mines gold". Times of Zambia. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  15. ^ Sanya, Samuel (19 December 2000). "Kawuma sixth in SA chess meet". New Vision. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  16. ^ "2019 African Junior Championship (Accra, Ghana)". 24 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  17. ^ Masala, Kenya Chess (2019-01-12). "IM Fawzy Adham & WIM Anika Du Plessis win African Junior Chess Championship". Kenya Chess Masala. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  18. ^ "The Junior Chess Program and the 1996 World Microcomputer Chess Championship in Jakarta". ICGA Journal. 19 (4): 261–262. 1996-12-01. doi:10.3233/icg-1996-19414. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  19. ^ "Wafa, Djeroud win African Juniors 2023!". The Chess Drum. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  20. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "African Junior Chess Championship — girls". OlimpBase. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  21. ^ "2002 African Junior Championships (Standings)". The Chess Drum. 11 December 2002. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  22. ^ "Wafa, Djeroud win African Juniors 2023!". The Chess Drum. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
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