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African Chess Championship
The first African Chess Championship was played in 1998. Ibrahim Hasan Labib and Mohamed Tissir both shared first place with 7/10, but the former took the title. The 2007 championship was the FIDE Zone 4 qualifier for the Chess World Cup 2007, the next stage in the 2010 World Championship. Six players qualified for the 2007 World Cup: IM Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe), IM Pedro Aderito (Angola), IM Essam El Gindy (Egypt), GM Bassem Amin (Egypt), GM Ahmed Adly (Egypt), and FM Khaled Abdel Razik (Egypt). Winners : Multiple winners – Open Multiple winners – Women Wins by country – Open Wins by country – Women kenyachessmasala.com Notes [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Hasan Labib
Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people with the name) * Ibrahim (sura), a sura of the Qur'an * ''Ibrahim el Awal'', a Hunt-class destroyer that served in the Egyptian navy under that name 1951-56 * Ibrahim prize, a prize to recognise good governance in Africa * "Ibrahim", a song by David Friedman (percussionist), David Friedman from ''Shades of Change'' See also * Ibrahimzai, a Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan * Ibrahima * Abraham (other) * Avraham (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farida Arouche
Farida Arouche (born 30 September 1980), is an Algerian Woman International Master (WIM, 2002) and African Women's Chess Championship winner (2003). Biography Farida Arouche participated in World Youth Chess Championships in various age groups. In 2001, in Cairo she won silver medal in African Women's Chess Championship. In 2003, in Abuja she won African Women's Chess Championship. In 2003, Farida Arouche played for Algeria in All-Africa Games chess tournament and won team gold medal. In 2000s Farida Arouche participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system: * In Women's World Chess Championship 2001 in the first round lost to Xu Yuhua, * In Women's World Chess Championship 2004 in the first round lost to Maia Chiburdanidze. Farida Arouche played for Algeria in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+4, =5, -3), * In 2002, at third board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in Bled Bled (; ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oran
Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural importance. It is west-south-west from Algiers. The total population of the city was 803,329 in 2008, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000 making it the second-largest city in Algeria. Etymology The word ''Wahran'' comes from the Berber expression ''wa - iharan'' (place of lions). A locally popular legend tells that in the period around AD 900, there were sightings of Barbary lion, Barbary lions in the area. The last two lions were killed on a mountain near Oran, and it became known as ''la montagne des lions'' ("The Mountain of Lions"). Two giant lion statues stand in front of Oran's city hall, symbolizing the city. History Overview During the Roman Empire, a small settlement called ''Unica Colonia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelrahman Hesham
Abdelrahman Hesham (born 1992) is an Egyptian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016. Career Hesham won the 2016 African Chess Championship, earning him the title of Grandmaster. He has also represented Egypt in two Chess Olympiads. In 2016, he played on board 5, ending on 5.5/9. In 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ..., he played on board 4, finishing on 4.5/9. References External links *Abdelrahman Heshamgames at 365Chess.com * 1992 births Living people Chess grandmasters Egyptian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Place of birth missing (living people) Competitors at the 2019 African Games African Games medalists in chess African Games gold medalists for Egypt {{Egypt-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Rubaga Division. Kampala's metropolitan area consists of the city proper and the neighboring Wakiso District, Mukono District, Mpigi District, Buikwe District and Luweero District. It has a rapidly growing population that is estimated at 6,709,900 people in 2019 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in an area of . In 2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011) according to Xuantong Wang et al., which was more than half of Uganda's GDP for that year, indicating the importance of Kampala to Uganda's economy. Kampala is reported to be among the fastest-growing cities in Africa, with an annual population growth rate of 4.03 percent, by City Mayors. Mercer (a New York- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Solomon
Kenneth Terence Solomon (born 8 October 1979) is a South African chess Grandmaster. He is the first and currently the only Grandmaster South Africa has ever produced. He took up chess at the age of 13, inspired by his elder brother's qualification for the Chess Olympiad in Manila in 1992. Borrowing a chess book from him to study, Solomon was soon taken under his brother's wing to study and within two years, he was the South African Under-16 champion. He has won the South African Championship in 2003 and the South African Open three times, in 1999, 2005 and 2007, and was also the top ranked South African in 2003. He became an International Master in 2004. During the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul Solomon earned his final GM norm. Although Solomon has never reached the rating of 2500 that is usually required for the Grandmaster title, a special FIDE rule allows winners of continental championships to earn the title regardless of rating, and he did so by winning the African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrook Wafa
Shrook Wafa (born 13 May 1997) is an Egyptian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She won the Women's African Chess Championship in 2013. Thanks to this achievement she earned the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM) and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2015. She has won the Women's African Chess Championship a further three times: 2014, 2016 and 2019. Chess-Results In the Women's World Chess Championship 2015
The Women's World Chess Championship was held from 16 March to 7 April 2015 in Sochi, Russia. It was a 64-player knockout tournam ...
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Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 = +01:00 , timezone1_DST = , utc_offset1_DST = , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 1xxx, 2xxx , area_code_type = Calling code , area_code = 71 , iso_code = TN-11, TN-12, TN-13 and TN-14 , blank_name_sec2 = geoTLD , blank_info_sec2 = .tn , website = , footnotes = Tunis ( ar, تونس ') is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as " Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maputo
Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the Capital city, capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 (as of 2017) distributed over a land area of . The Metropolitan Maputo, Maputo metropolitan area includes the neighbouring city of Matola, and has a total population of 2,717,437. Maputo is a port city, with an economy centered on commerce. It is also noted for its vibrant cultural scene and distinctive, eclectic architecture. Maputo is situated on Maputo Bay, a large natural bay on the Indian Ocean, near where the rivers Tembe, Mbuluzi, Matola and Infulene converge. The city consists of seven administrative divisions, which are each subdivided into Quarter (urban subdivision), quarters or ''bairros''. The city is surrounded by Maputo Province, but is administered as a self-contained, separate Provinces of Mozambique, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Greeff
Melissa Greeff (born 15 April 1994) is a South African-Canadian chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She earned the WGM title in 2009. Biography In 2007, in Windhoek, Melissa ranked 5th in the African Women's Chess Championship. In 2009, she played for South Africa in the World Girls' Junior Chess Championship and ranked 35th place. Later on in the same year, she won the African Women's Chess Championship in Tripoli. In 2010, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Humpy Koneru. In 2011, in Maputo, she ranked 4th in African Women's Chess Championship. Melissa Greeff played for South Africa: * in the Women's Chess Olympiad participated 3 times (2008-2012); * in the All-Africa Games chess tournament participated in 2007 and won team silver medal. In 2007, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and then received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title two years later. In 2011, she became a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli (; ar, طرابلس الغرب, translit= Ṭarābulus al-Gharb , translation=Western Tripoli) is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.1 million people in 2019. It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay. It includes the port of Tripoli and the country's largest commercial and manufacturing center. It is also the site of the University of Tripoli. The vast barracks, which includes the former family estate of Muammar Gaddafi, is also located in the city. Colonel Gaddafi largely ruled the country from his residence in this barracks. Tripoli was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians, who gave it the Libyco-Berber name ( xpu, 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤕, ) before passing into the hands of the Greek rulers of Cyrenaica as Oea ( grc-gre, Ὀία, ). Due to the city's long history, there are many sites of archeological signi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Khaled
Mona Khaled (born 9 April 1994) is an Egyptian chess player. She is the first Egyptian and Arabic Player to achieve the Woman Grandmaster Title. Mona is the first and only girl to ever win the Egyptian Chess Championship in 2013. She has at times won the Women's African Chess Championship, the Women's Arab Chess Championship, the Mediterranean Women's Title and the Francophone Women's Title. She represented Egypt in the Women's Chess Olympiad from 2008 to 2018; leading the Women's Egyptian Team on board 1 in Tromso Olympiad, the winner of Gold Medal of Category C. She has competed in the Women's World Chess Championship The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE. Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, wh ... from 2012 to 2017. References External links * 1994 births Living people Egyptian female chess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
