Bilel Bellahcene is African Chess Champion 2025

Algerian Grandmaster Bilel Bellahcene is the continental champion of Africa for 2025. Bilel Bellahcene achieved 7,0/9, the same points as Ahmed Adly and Amin Bassem, but with a better tiebreak (average rating of opponents) won the gold medal.

18 year old IM Hamed Wafa finished clear fourth with 6,5/9 and is the top youngster of the event.

Replay the games here and scroll down for the full standings. For more events in Africa visit The Chess Calendar and the Africa section

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African Chess 2025 final standings

1	GM	Bellahcene, Bilel	ALG	2504	7
2	GM	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2649	7
3	GM	Adly, Ahmed	EGY	2597	7
4	IM	Wafa, Hamed	EGY	2367	6.5
5	FM	Fadi, Marko	EGY	2244	6
6	FM	George Samir, David	EGY	2346	6
7	IM	Ezat, Mohamed	EGY	2296	6
8	GM	Fawzy, Adham	EGY	2513	6
9		Ahmed, Moustafa Elsayed	EGY	2079	6
10	FM	Yousry, Salah	EGY	2256	6
11	CM	Elhusseiny, Eyad	EGY	2075	6
12		Ahmed, Ahmed Alaa	EGY	2223	5.5
13	CM	Idrissi, Chafik	MAR	2107	5.5
14		Jele, Tapiwa	ZIM	2105	5.5
15	FM	Ashraf, Shereif	EGY	2264	5.5
16	FM	Simpson, Michael	RSA	2108	5
17		Boulrens, Ala Eddine	ALG	2136	5
18	FM	Tamer Waguih, Farid	EGY	2206	5
19	CM	Khalil, Ahmed Salem	EGY	2102	5
20	FM	Nsubuga, Haruna	UGA	2137	5
21	IM	Abdelnabbi, Imed	EGY	2385	5
22	IM	Sameh Mohamed, Abdalrahman	EGY	2211	5
23		Abdin, Mahmoud	EGY	1993	5
24	FM	Musonda, Chola	ZAM	2127	4.5
25		Sayed, Hany	EGY	2033	4.5
26	CM	Abdallah, Mohamed Khalil	TUN	2123	4.5
27	FM	Mena, Martin	EGY	2044	4.5
28	FM	Nader, Obeid	SUD	2069	4.5
29	CM	Elnasri, Mohammed	SUD	1943	4.5
30		Bakeer Ehab, Ahmad	EGY	2069	4.5
31	FM	Kandil, Ahmed	EGY	2289	4
32	FM	Alhassadi, Yousef A.	LBA	2165	4
33	CM	Oluka, Robert Mcligeyo	KEN	2047	4
34	CM	Ahmed, Hassan Ahmed	SUD	2050	4
35	AFM	Donkeng, Hussel	CMR	1910	4
36	CM	Naser Eldean, Ahmed	LBA	2006	4
37	FM	Amdouni, Zoubaier	TUN	2226	4
38		Kimani, Kimingi	KEN	1911	4
39		Abdel Moniem, Mohamed	EGY	2144	3.5
40	CM	Hossam Mohamed, Adham	EGY	2014	3.5
41	CM	Cogan, Nicolas	CIV	2099	3.5
42	CM	Abugenda, Nagi	LBA	1994	3.5
43	FM	Ebosse, Kingue Victor Patrick	CMR	2002	3
44		Ahmed Moustafa, Fares	EGY	1968	3
45		Metuno, Kuete Bleriot Rocalixt	CMR	1887	3
46		El, Hadji Saidou Nourou Ba	SEN	2049	3
47		Sayed Hassan, Mohamed	EGY	2201	2.5
48	IM	Kandil, Adham	EGY	2265	2.5
49	CM	Zebaze, Dongmo Loic Dylane	CMR	1921	2.5
50		Deme, Cheikh Sidy Mohamed	SEN	1998	2.5
51	CM	Naipal, Hoolan	MRI	1844	2.5
52	IM	El Ghazali, Youssef M.	EGY	2149	1.5
53		Ndjolock, Simon	CMR	1928	1.5
54	CM	Ali Abdullahi, Farah	SOM	1933	1.5