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This made him the first chess grandmaster from South Africa, the second grandmaster from sub-Saharian Africa after Amon Simutowe of Zambia, and the fourth black chess grandmaster in history. He qualified for the 2017 Chess World Cup where he was defeated by Fabiano Caruana in the first round. See also. Chess in South Africa; References
Aug 21, 2021 · Adham is the youngest grandmaster in Africa. Born in the year 2000, the 21-year old became a FIDE Master at 12, an international master at 15, and recently got the grandmaster title in 2019. With a rating of 2485, he is the fourth-highest rated player in Egypt and 7th in Africa.
Mar 23, 2015 · Kenny Solomon: South Africa’s first chess grandmaster. 23 Mar 2015. 0. 163. Kenny Solomon chose a very different path from the boys he grew up with in Cape Town’s Mitchells Plain. He changed his fate when he began playing chess at the age of 13; now, 22 years later, he has become a chess grandmaster and an inspiration to youngsters everywhere.
Mar 23, 2015 · He changed his fate when he began playing chess at the age of 13; now, 22 years later, he has become a chess grandmaster and an inspiration to youngsters everywhere. South African chess grandmaster Kenny Solomon at the launch of the Chess Garden at Tafelsig High School, in Cape Town. (Image: Mitchells Plain Chess Club)
Feb 10, 2015 · After two frustrating years as a Grand Master-elect, Kenny won the gold medal at the 2014 African Individual Chess Championship, held in Windhoek this past December. By virtue of a recent change to FIDE’s regulations, he became South Africa’s very first Grand Master. He is only the second Grand Master from sub-Saharan Africa, joining ...
CHESS SA is affiliated with SASCOC, and organises national competitions such as the South African Closed Chess Championship and the South African Open Chess Championship. CHESS SA was established in 1996 following unification discussions among several chess ruling bodies in existence during the apartheid era. South Africa produced its first ...
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South Africa's first Grandmaster. 1/4/2015 – With an Elo-rating of 2399 (January 2015) Kenny Solomon is South Africa's number three but a few days ago he became the country's first grandmaster. In the Africa Chess Championship 2014 he finished with 7.0/9 and had a better tie-break than tournament favorite GM Ahmed Adly, World Junior Champion ...
