Chess in South Africa explained

The following lists competitions for Chess in South Africa.

Chess Olympiads

See also: Chess Olympiad. South Africa first participated in the 1958 Olympiad in Munich. The team stopped participating in international chess in 1974 due to the sports boycott as a result of the country's apartheid policies, returning to play at the 1992 Olympiad after the end of apartheid.

Open

Year Event Location Players Position
1958 Heidenfeld, Dreyer, Kirby, Grivainis, Isaacson, Stern 27/36
1964 44/50
1966 43/52
1968 36/53
1970 43/60
1974 DNF/63*
1992 63/102 [1] [2]
1994 58/124 [3]
1996 63/114 [4]
1998 80/110 [5]
2000 68/129 [6]
2002 102/140 [7]
2004 55/129 [8]
2006 83/150 [9]
2008 58/154 [10]
2010 74/149 [11]
2012 62/157 [12]
2014 82/177 [13]
2016 97/180 [14]
2018 70/185 [15]
2022 55/188 [16]

Women

Year Event Location Players Position
1998 62/72 [17]
2000 71/86 [18]
2002 68/93 [19]
2004 68/87 [20]
2006 66/108 [21]
2008 57/114 [22]
2010 69/115 [23]
2012 65/127 [24]
2014 72/136 [25]
2016 72/140 [26]
2018 62/151 [27]
2022 100/162 [28]

Major tournaments

Major tournaments hosted in South Africa include the South African Chess Championship and the South African Open.

In 2023, the first Cape Town Chess Masters was held.[29]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30th Chess Olympiad: Manila 1992.
  2. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Republic of South Africa, Team Record.
  3. Web site: 31st Chess Olympiad: Moscow 1994.
  4. Web site: 32nd Chess Olympiad: Yerevan 1996.
  5. Web site: 33rd Chess Olympiad 1998 Open . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  6. Web site: 34th Chess Olympiad 2000 Open . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  7. Web site: 35th Chess Olympiad 2002 Open Men . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  8. Web site: 36th Chess Olympiad 2004 Open Men"s section . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  9. Web site: 37th Chess Olympiad 2006 Open . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  10. Web site: 38th Olympiad Dresden 2008 Open . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  11. Web site: 39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Open . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  12. Web site: 40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Open . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  13. Web site: 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  14. Web site: 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  15. Web site: 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open. chess-results.com . 5 October 2018.
  16. Web site: 44th Olympiad Batumi 2022 Open. chess-results.com . 9 August 2022.
  17. Web site: 33rd Chess Olympiad 1998 Women . chess-results.com . 9 September 2016.
  18. Web site: 34th Chess Olympiad 2000 Women . chess-results.com . 9 September 2016.
  19. Web site: 35th Chess Olympiad 2002 Women . chess-results.com . 9 September 2016.
  20. Web site: 36th Chess Olympiad 2004 Women . chess-results.com . 9 September 2016.
  21. Web site: 37th Chess Olympiad 2006 Women . chess-results.com . 10 September 2016.
  22. Web site: 38th Chess Olympiad 2008 Women . chess-results.com . 8 September 2016.
  23. Web site: 39th Chess Olympiad 2010 Women . chess-results.com . 10 September 2016.
  24. Web site: 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Women . chess-results.com . 10 September 2016.
  25. Web site: 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Women . chess-results.com . 10 September 2016.
  26. Web site: 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women . chess-results.com . 10 September 2016.
  27. Web site: 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women . chess-results.com . 5 October 2018.
  28. Web site: 44th Olympiad Chennai 2018 Women . chess-results.com . 9 August 2022.
  29. Web site: Wilson . Paul . 2024-01-10 . Cape Town Masters Chess Championship 2024 – South African Chess Hub . 2024-01-16 . en-ZA.

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