Macedonian Chess Championship
The Macedonian Chess Championship is organized by the Chess Federation of Macedonia. It was last held in 2011, although the , which is also open to foreign players, continues to be organized annually.
Pre-independence history[]
The Socialist Republic of Macedonia held its first chess championship in 1946, which was won by , a four-time winner between 1946 and 1955.[1][2] Jovan Sofrevski won a record sixteen titles, and Risto Nicevski became the youngest winner at 20 years old when he won the 1966 championship; he won five titles in total.[3]
National championship winners[]
Zvonko Stanojoski, Macedonian champion in 1992, 2003, 2005 and 2006
Year Champion[3] 1992 Zvonko Stanojoski 1993 1994 1995 1996 Dragoljub Jacimović 1997 1998 Dragoljub Jacimovic 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Zvonko Stanojoski 2004 2005 Zvonko Stanojoski 2006 Zvonko Stanojoski 2007 Vladimir Georgiev 2008 2009 2010 2011 [4]
Women's championship winners[]
No. Year Champion 1 2008 2 2011
References[]
- ^ "БИДЕВ, Павле". Macedonian Encyclopedia (in Macedonian). Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ Krstevski, Lazar (13 December 2012). "Има таленти и интерес за шахот". Dnevnik (in Macedonian). Retrieved 31 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Dimitrievski, Robert (9 May 2011). "Шаховски шампионат со сите нишани". Utrinski vesnik (in Macedonian). Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Недев е шампион на Македонија за 2011" (in Macedonian). 19 May 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- Chess national championships
- Women's chess national championships
- Chess in North Macedonia
- Recurring sporting events established in 1946
- 1946 establishments in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia
- 1946 in chess
- Sports competitions in North Macedonia