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The Fédération Ivoirienne des Echecs (FIDEC) and the Kasparov Chess Foundation have announced the addition of a major tournament to the 2018 African Chess calendar.
The event will be held from Wednesday 25th July 2018 until Sunday 29th July 2018 and will showcase some of the very best players from the African continent.
All games will be played at Hotel Tiama, a 5-star hotel located in the heart of the business district of Abidjan. The tournament has been made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of Vivendi SA, the French mass media conglomerate that sponsors the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour.
Interestingly, the format will be the same as the one used in the Grand Chess Tour. The rapid chess portion of the event will be a 10-player single round-robin that will take place over three days. The blitz chess portion, on the other hand, will be a double round-robin that will last two days. The time controls will also be the same as the ones being used in the GCT: 25 minutes plus 10 seconds of delay in the rapid section and 5 minutes plus 3 seconds of delay in the blitz portion of the event. The rapid games award twice as many points as the blitz games.
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Garry Kasparov's rise to the top was meteoric and at his very first attempt he managed to become World Champion, the youngest of all time. In over six hours of video, he gives a first hand account of crucial events from recent chess history, you can improve your chess understanding and enjoy explanations and comments from a unique and outstanding personality on and off the chess board.
DGT Boards will be used for all rounds and the games will be broadcast live from the venue to all major international chess websites.
GM Amin Bassem from Egypt will lead the field | Photo: Alina l'Ami
The total prize pool amounts to US$ 15,000 to be distributed according to the combined score in both events. The prize pool is most likely the largest ever paid for a rapid event in the African continent.
The field consists of ten carefully chosen participants, who are without exception amongst the very best from their respective countries — they all belong to the top-three in their countries. The field is unquestionably one of the strongest ever assembled for an African rapid and blitz tournament and will showcase the very best of Africa’s talent.
| # | Title | Name | Surname | Fed | URS | FIDE - Rapid | FIDE - Blitz |
| 1 | GM | Bassem | Amin | EGY | 2680 | 2633 | 2695 |
| 2 | GM | Mohamed | Haddouche | ALG | 2495 | 2438 | 2428 |
| 3 | IM | Mokliss | El Adnani | MAR | 2450 | 2363 | 2458 |
| 4 | IM | Fy | Rakotomaharo | MAD | 2421 | 2190 | 2216 |
| 5 | GM | Kenny | Solomon | RSA | 2418 | 2382 | 2419 |
| 6 | IM | Arthur | Ssegwanyi | UGA | 2389 | 2356 | 2269 |
| 7 | GM | Slim | Belkhodja | TUN | 2386 | 2405 | 2397 |
| 8 | IM | Andrew | Kayonde | ZAM | 2385 | 2283 | 2308 |
| 9 | IM | David | Silva | ANG | 2319 | 2241 | 2293 |
| 10 | IM | Oladapo | Adu | NIG | 2270 | 2273 | 2287 |
IA Stephane Escafre from France will be the Chief Arbiter for the tournament, while IA Lekan Adeyemi from Nigeria will be the Deputy Chief Arbiter. In addition, the well-known chess photojournalist, WGM Alina l'Ami, will be attending the event as the official reporter to provide daily coverage of the event.
