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.
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. 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.
The winners of the open and girls' championships earn the right to participate in the next year's World Junior Chess Championships. 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.
Results
Open championship
Results are taken from Olimpbase unless otherwise indicated. Year Venue Winner1980 Lagos, Nigeria 1989 Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria 1990 Gaborone, Botswana 1991 Gaborone, Botswana 1992 Nairobi, Kenya 1993 Nairobi, Kenya 1994 Port Launay, Seychelles 1995 Luanda, Angola 1996 Nigeria 1997 Maputo, Mozambique 1998 Nairobi, Kenya 1999 Kampala, Uganda 2000 Pretoria, South Africa 2001 Lusaka, Zambia 2002 Gaborone, Botswana 2003 Tripoli, Libya 2004 Lusaka, Zambia 2005 Gaborone, Botswana 2006 Gaborone, Botswana 2007 Kamuzu Academy, Kasungu District, Malawi 2008 Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa 2009 Cairo, Egypt 2011 East London, South Africa 2012 Hammamet, Tunisia 2013 Tiaret, Algeria 2014 Saurimo, Angola 2015 Victoria, Seychelles 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia 2017 Lomé, Togo 2018 Entebbe, Uganda 2019 Accra, Ghana 2020 Not held due to the COVID pandemic2021 Monrovia, Liberia 2022 Béjaïa, Algeria 2023 Nouakchott, Mauritania
Girls' championship
Results are taken from Olimpbase unless otherwise indicated. Year Venue Winner2002 Gaborone, Botswana 2003 Tripoli, Libya 2004 Lusaka, Zambia 2005 Gaborone, Botswana 2006 Gaborone, Botswana 2007 Kamuzu Academy, Kasungu District, Malawi 2008 Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa 2009 Cairo, Egypt 2011 East London, South Africa 2012 Hammamet, Tunisia 2013 Tiaret, Algeria 2014 Saurimo, Angola 2015 Victoria, Seychelles 2016 Hammamet, Tunisia 2017 Lomé, Togo 2018 Entebbe, Uganda 2019 Accra, Ghana 2020 Not held due to the COVID pandemic2021 Monrovia, Liberia 2022 Béjaïa, Algeria 2023 Nouakchott, Mauritania
See also Pan American Junior Chess Championship Asian Junior Chess Championship European Junior Chess Championship European Youth Chess Championship
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