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The African Individual Championships took place in Kerdasa, Egypt Tue 13th to Tue 20th May 2025. A draw for the leader Bilel Bellahcene (Algeria) was enough for him to take the title on tie-break from Bassem Amin and Ahmed Adly (both Egypt), they all scored 7/9. WGM Shrook Wafa of Egypt dominated the women's event and won with 8/9 a point clear of Lina Nassr of Algeria.

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ch-Africa 2025 Kerdasa EGY Tue 13th May 2025 - Tue 20th May 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	Bellahcene, Bilel	GM	ALG	2504	7	2367	47	50.5
2	1	Amin, Bassem	GM	EGY	2649	7	2315	48	51
3	2	Adly, Ahmed	GM	EGY	2597	7	2215	43	47
4	6	Wafa, Hamed	IM	EGY	2367	6.5	2214	44	48
5	13	Fadi, Marko	FM	EGY	2244	6	2383	49	53.5
6	7	George Samir, David	FM	EGY	2346	6	2297	45.5	48.5
7	8	Ezat, Mohamed	IM	EGY	2296	6	2290	45	49
8	3	Fawzy, Adham	GM	EGY	2513	6	2243	43.5	48
9	31	Ahmed, Moustafa Elsayed		EGY	2079	6	2191	37.5	40.5
10	12	Yousry, Salah	FM	EGY	2256	6	2184	42.5	47
11	32	Elhusseiny, Eyad	CM	EGY	2075	6	2123	35.5	37
12	15	Ahmed, Ahmed Alaa		EGY	2223	5.5	2349	49	52
13	27	Idrissi, Chafik	CM	MAR	2107	5.5	2225	37.5	39
14	28	Jele, Tapiwa		ZIM	2105	5.5	2166	36.5	39.5
15	11	Ashraf, Shereif	FM	EGY	2264	5.5	2116	41	45
16	26	Simpson, Michael	FM	RSA	2108	5	2329	44.5	47
17	23	Boulrens, Ala Eddine		ALG	2136	5	2324	44	48
18	17	Tamer Waguih, Farid	FM	EGY	2206	5	2276	47	51
19	29	Khalil, Ahmed Salem	CM	EGY	2102	5	2246	39.5	42
20	22	Nsubuga, Haruna	FM	UGA	2137	5	2199	41.5	44
21	5	Abdelnabbi, Imed	IM	EGY	2385	5	2180	43	46
22	16	Sameh Mohamed, Abdalrahman	IM	EGY	2211	5	2177	38.5	41
23	45	Abdin, Mahmoud		EGY	1993	5	2152	34.5	37
24	24	Musonda, Chola	FM	ZAM	2127	4.5	2197	41	44.5
25	39	Sayed, Hany		EGY	2033	4.5	2192	38.5	41
26	25	Abdallah, Mohamed Khalil	CM	TUN	2123	4.5	2180	37.5	40.5
27	38	Mena, Martin	FM	EGY	2044	4.5	2166	33.5	36.5
28	33	Nader, Obeid	FM	SUD	2069	4.5	2151	37	40
29	47	Elnasri, Mohammed	CM	SUD	1943	4.5	2121	35.5	37
30	34	Bakeer Ehab, Ahmad		EGY	2069	4.5	2082	34	35.5
31	9	Kandil, Ahmed	FM	EGY	2289	4	2157	37	41
32	19	Alhassadi, Yousef A.	FM	LBA	2165	4	2154	42.5	45.5
33	37	Oluka, Robert Mcligeyo	CM	KEN	2047	4	2105	36	38.5
34	35	Ahmed, Hassan Ahmed	CM	SUD	2050	4	2101	37.5	39
35	52	Donkeng, Hussel	AFM	CMR	1910	4	2086	32.5	35.5
36	41	Naser Eldean, Ahmed	CM	LBA	2006	4	2079	32.5	36.5
37	14	Amdouni, Zoubaier	FM	TUN	2226	4	2068	38	41.5
38	51	Kimani, Kimingi		KEN	1911	4	2057	32.5	34
39	21	Abdel Moniem, Mohamed		EGY	2144	3.5	2154	37	40.5
40	40	Hossam Mohamed, Adham	CM	EGY	2014	3.5	2124	34	37.5
41	30	Cogan, Nicolas	CM	CIV	2099	3.5	2062	33	35.5
42	44	Abugenda, Nagi	CM	LBA	1994	3.5	2007	27	30.5
43	42	Ebosse, Kingue Victor Patrick	FM	CMR	2002	3	2126	37.5	41
44	46	Ahmed Moustafa, Fares		EGY	1968	3	2046	28.5	30
45	53	Metuno, Kuete Bleriot Rocalixt		CMR	1887	3	2009	27.5	29
46	36	El, Hadji Saidou Nourou Ba		SEN	2049	3	1989	23.5	25
47	18	Sayed Hassan, Mohamed		EGY	2201	2.5	2195	36.5	39
48	10	Kandil, Adham	IM	EGY	2265	2.5	2111	31.5	34
49	50	Zebaze, Dongmo Loic Dylane	CM	CMR	1921	2.5	2061	33	36
50	43	Deme, Cheikh Sidy Mohamed		SEN	1998	2.5	2031	32	33.5
54 players

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ch-Africa Women 2025 Kerdasa EGY Tue 13th May 2025 - Tue 20th May 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	Wafa, Shrook	WGM	EGY	2189	8	1938	46.5	50.5
2	4	Nassr, Lina	WIM	ALG	2029	7	1945	45	49
3	8	Mohamed Zaki, Jana		EGY	1891	6.5	1968	45	47.5
4	2	Wafa, Shahenda	WGM	EGY	2085	6.5	1962	46	50.5
5	12	Alaa, Dema	ACM	EGY	1828	5.5	1942	42	46
6	6	Romany, Joy	WIM	EGY	1932	5.5	1924	45.5	49.5
7	14	Ampaire, Shakira	WCM	UGA	1784	5.5	1743	39	40
8	3	February, Jesse Nikki	WIM	RSA	2052	5	1922	46.5	50.5
9	11	El Barbry, Sarah		MAR	1841	5	1884	46	50
10	5	Bwalya Mulwale, Lubuuto	WCM	ZAM	1954	5	1836	40.5	44.5
11	13	Marochkina, Nadezhda Valerevna	CM	SEN	1808	5	1793	39	43
12	7	Ayemou, Mazan Emmanuela Esther	WFM	CIV	1911	4.5	1817	40	42
13	9	Mongeli, Sasha	WFM	KEN	1886	4.5	1808	40.5	42.5
14	18	Rjeb, Nadine		TUN	1658	4.5	1808	36.5	39
15	15	Mahmoud Youssef, Noha		EGY	1772	4.5	1766	37.5	40
16	10	Laubscher, Anzel	WIM	RSA	1844	4	1854	38.5	39.5
17	17	Fady, Heaven		EGY	1685	4	1793	40.5	44.5
18	19	Fayez Emad, Meryam		EGY	1643	4	1791	38	42
19	26	Wefang, Lucrece		CMR	1408	4	1749	35	36
20	25	Abo Bkr Mohamed, Hamsa		EGY	1482	4	1728	31.5	32.5
21	16	Rakotoniaina, Tiana Johanna		MAD	1703	4	1727	34	36
22	22	Andhin, Chethanah	WCM	MRI	1585	4	1723	33.5	34.5
23	27	Corine, Sohna		CMR	0	4	1720	31	32
24	21	Bushaala, Maryam Mohamed		LBA	1607	2.5	1721	30.5	33
25	20	Abdel-Rehim Ahmed, Retal		EGY	1636	2	1640	31.5	32.5
26	24	Tchouateu, Tankeu Stephanie	WCM	CMR	1541	1	1621	30	31
27	23	Magne, Kouokam Sylviane	WCM	CMR	1576	0	0,0	4.5	4.5
27 players

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