The Kenya Open Chess Championship is an annual open chess tournament played in most editions in Nairobi, Kenya. The inaugural event was played in 1979 and was won by Richard Polaczek. The event is usually organized by the Chess Kenya federation.
The event is the largest and most lucrative international tournament in Africa. The
tournament was originally known as the Panpaper Open sponsored by Panafrican Paper Mills
(EA) Limited until the early 90s. The tournament is usually played over the Easter
Holiday weekend in April.
The 2023 edition had a prize fund of USD 43,000 (approximately KES 5.5 million) and had
445 players from 20 federations participating, including seven grandmasters.[1]
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