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Chess at the African Games

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Chess at the African Games
First event2003 Nigeria Abuja
Occur everyfour years
Last event2023 Ghana Accra
Most successful Egypt (EGY)

Chess has been contested at the African Games since the 2003 Games in Abuja, except for the 2015 Games in Brazzaville. The chess events have included individual and team events for men and women.

The open team event at the African Games is the successor of the African Team Chess Championship: the winner of the event gains the right to participate at the next World Team Chess Championship.[1] The African Team Chess Championship was only held twice in Cairo in 1993 and 1997, and Egypt won both times.[2]

Editions

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Games Year Host city Events Best nation
Men Women Mixed
VIII 2003 Nigeria Abuja 8 8  Algeria
IX 2007 Algeria Algiers 8 8  Egypt
X 2011 Mozambique Maputo 7 7  Egypt
XI 2015 Not held
XII 2019 Morocco Rabat 2 2 1  Egypt
XIII 2023 Ghana Accra 2 2 2  Egypt

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Egypt (EGY)2311640
2 Algeria (ALG)1311731
3 Nigeria (NGR)83819
4 South Africa (RSA)216927
5 Angola (ANG)2259
6 Libya (LBA)2013
7 Zimbabwe (ZIM)1113
8 Zambia (ZAM)0459
9 Botswana (BOT)0246
10 Ethiopia (ETH)0011
 Mozambique (MOZ)0011
 Uganda (UGA)0011
Totals (12 entries)515049150

References

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  1. ^ "Regulations for the African Team Championship". FIDE Handbook. FIDE. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "African Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics: 1993-1997". OlimpBase. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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