Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) is organizing the 2014 African Individual Chess Championships (AICC) to be held at the Safari Court Hotel & Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia, from December 12th (arrival) to December 23rd, 2014 (departure).

The Championships will be played in accordance with FIDE regulations as a 9 Round Swiss System tournament.

Time control will be 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one (1). Draw offers are not allowed before Black’s 30th move.

The winner in the Open Section will be awarded the International Master (IM) title whilst the winner in the Women’s Section will be awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Other titles will be awarded depending in accordance with FIDE title requirements.

The top three placed players in each section will qualify for the 2015 African Chess Confederation Grand Prix Circuit.

Main Prizes:

Open / Women
1st Prize US$ 6,000 / US$ 3,000
2nd Prize US$ 4,000 / US$ 2,000
3rd Prize US$ 3,000 / US$ 1,500
4th Prize US$ 2,000 / US$ 1,000
5th Prize US$ 1,500 / US$ 750
6th Prize US$ 1,000 / US$ 500
7th Prize US$ 750
8th US$ 500

The total cash prizes amount to USD 27,500

Participants, Open (top seeds):

1. GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2591
2. GM Haddouche Mohamed ALG 2524
3. GM El Gindy Essam EGY 2475
4. IM Cawdery Daniel RSA 2430
5. IM Farahat Ali EGY 2386
6. IM Solomon Kenny RSA 2380
7. IM Jere Daniel ZAM 2370
8. IM Chumfwa Stanley ZAM 2356
9. FM Kayonde Andrew ZAM 2336
10. IM Ameir Moheb EGY 2316

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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