African Chess Championship 1998
The 1998 African Chess Championship took place from December 2 to 12, 1998 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo , and was the first time the competition was held. Out of ten participants, the Egyptian Ibrahim Hasan Labib prevailed over the Moroccan Mohamed Tissir .
Final score
| rank | player | Pt. | IL | MT | WK | OA | MH | SL | SH | AY | CS | MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Ibrahim Hasan Labib
|
7th | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 2. |
 Mohamed Tissir
|
7th | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3. |
 Watu Kobese
|
6th | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4th |
 Oladapo Adu
|
6th | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5. |
 Mohamed Henni
|
5½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6th |
 Sami Laouini |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7th |
Sayed Barakat Hassan
|
4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8th. |
 Yimam Abera Belachew |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 9. |
 Stanley Chola |
2 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | |
| 10. |
 Ben Magana |
½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - |
Web links
- African Chess Championship 1998 on 365Chess.com (English).
- 1st African Individual Chess Championships. In: The Week in Chess of November 16, 1998 (English).