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African Individual Chess Championships 2022 – Information & List of participants

The African Individual Chess Championships 2022 will take place from 18-27 September in Lagos, Nigeria. The event will be played in Open and Women’s sections separately, with 110 participants from 27 African countries. Both tournaments will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the end of the game, with the increment of 30 seconds per each move, starting from the move one.

The top seeds of the Open section are GM Bassem Amin, GM Ahmed Adly, and IM FY Antenaina Rakotomaharo, and WIM Esperanca Caxita, WFM Oluwatobiloba Oloruntola and Jessica Pelomoh will headline the Women’s event. Scroll down for starting list of players for both sections

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich opened the event and the event will kick off with the first round today.

Starting rank list of players – African Individual Chess Championship 2022 (Open section):

No. NameFEDRtg
1GMAmin BassemEGY2663
2GMAdly AhmedEGY2578
3IMRakotomaharo Fy AntenainaMAD2492
4IMOrtega Amarelle MarianoCPV2474
5GMHesham AbdelrahmanEGY2374
6GMSolomon KennyRSA2356
7IMPhiri RichmondZAM2351
8IMSilva DavidANG2315
9IMBeukes Dante MNAM2295
10 Ajibola OlanrewajuNGR2285
11FMAbdulraheem Abdulrahman AkintoyeNGR2277
12IMOlape BunmiNGR2250
13FMOragwu ChukwunonsoNGR2248
14 John HenrySSD2245
15IMBalogun Oluwafemi DanielNGR2240
16IMAikhoje OdionNGR2239
17 Zhemba JemusseZIM2232
18IMOatlhotse ProvidenceBOT2209
19CMPaiva DonaldoMOZ2207
20FMKigigha Bomo LovetNGR2196
21FMMhango BaneleRSA2194
22IMOkeke Isaac ChukwudaluNGR2180
23 Gong Thon GongSSD2166
24FMNsubuga HarunaUGA2165
25 Rehan Deng CyprianoSSD2145
26FMDe Gondo Simplice ArmelCIV2119
27 Peter Majur ManyangSSD2111
28 Okemakinde ToluwanimiNGR2083
29FMEbosse Kingue Victor PatrickCMR2075
30 Dennis OgboghoNGR2073
31 Adejoh JoshuaNGR2072
32 Manyok Chaderek PSSD2049
33 Abdirahman Omar SheikhSOM2039
34CMChimthere Alfred CharlesMAW2027
35 Okonkwo IfeanyiNGR2001
36 Keyi Lucky MusaNGR1977
37 Lilay Weldu GebruERI1962
38FMBarcon HarmonLBR1951
39AFMIkhimiukor EhidiamenNGR1942
40 Apollos AkomakaNGR1909
41 Chima Mount Zion KenechukuNGR1891
42 Lesbros BernardSEN1884
43 Bobby BallahLBR1882
44CMKamara AnsumanaSLE1848
45 Asante Debesai ZerabrukERI1846
46CMKibrom Weldegebriel BerakiERI1808
47 Fomevor Cephas ClintonGHA1803
48CMAkinseye AkinleyeNGR1797
49 Mugisha Ivan JalagathaUGA1775
50 Koualet-Bebondi Vianney ArcheveqCAF1701
51 Kourakoumba FlorentCAF1657
52 Samuel Merhawi GebrehiwetERI1647
53 Botsoe KoffiTOG1629
54 Amako Marc ArnoldCIV1555
55 Pedro Manuel Envo Engonga AvomoGEQ1468
56 Ali AbdahallNGR0
57 Assis AntonioANG0
58 Bulindi Cliford EmmaUGA0
59 Degross Dolle LeroyCAF0
60 Dr Kaimba Cyriaque- Lucien – JeanCAF0
61 Estifanos GhebremedhinERI0
62 Ignacio Acacio Ndjeng NfonoGEQ0
63 Itonye MessiahNGR0
64 Jesus Esono Esono MonugaGEQ0
65 Jose Primo Esono Nguema OkomoGEQ0
66 Kadouno DrissaMLI0
67 Mahamat ArdjaNGR0
68 Mahamat Hachim BacharNGR0
69 Mahamat Ismail GuireNGR0
70 Melchor-Santiago Nnang MibiangGEQ0
71 Ntsaou Moubikou Josue CyriaqueGAB0
72 Ousman Cherif TahaNGR0
73 Pissama Ntsaou MartialGAB0
74 Seka Brou Joseph YannickCIV0
75 Sibanda AlexandraZIM0

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Starting rank list of players – African Individual Chess Championship 2022 (Women’s section):

No. NameFEDRtg
1WIMCaxita EsperancaANG1961
2WFMOloruntola OluwatobilobaNGR1918
3 Pelomoh JessicaNGR1904
4 Paulo JemimaANG1886
5 Ofowino ToritsemuwaNGR1857
6 Suleiman Azumi AyishaNGR1840
7WFMPires LuziaANG1839
8 Agbazue Miracle ObiamakachukwuNGR1833
9WCMAramude SandraNGR1813
10 Amadasun RosemaryNGR1807
11 Michael BridgetNGR1800
12 Onoja Iyefu JoyNGR1762
13 Romany JoyEGY1747
14WIMVilhete Vania Fausto Da T.MOZ1718
15WIMVan Zyl CharlizeRSA1710
16 Oke AbiodunNGR1709
17WIMLaubscher AnzelRSA1705
18 Marochkina Nadezhda ValerevnaSEN1689
19WCMMudodo Refiloe HazelZIM1683
20 Oyelese MayomiNGR1677
21WCMAmpaire ShakiraUGA1657
22 Ayemou Mazan Emmanuela EstherCIV1523
23 Nkhoma DesiderataMAW1446
24 Abigail KaryahLBR1435
25 Elshalom Essayas BerhaneERI1431
26 Daher Khater RochanaCAF1378
27WCMYavo Tchetche MarieCIV1363
28 Makda Araya FessehayeERI1230
29 Ayemou Akissi Victoire SinchieCIV1182
30 Rwyet Debesai ZerabrukERI1150
31 Baguida Hebron Josuee Nathaela NueeCAF0
32 Baguida Hebron Schilo Francoise EstherCAF0
33 Berhane Azmara EssayasERI0
34 Gamba Merveille-GloriaCAF0
35 Nakonzi-Ndousse Gracia Himmer FerielleCAF0

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