Macedonian Chess Championship Explained

The Macedonian Chess Championship is organized by the Chess Federation of Macedonia. It was last held in 2011, although the Macedonian Open Chess Championship, 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.

National championship winners

Year Champion[3]
1992 Zvonko Stanojoski
1993 Vlatko Bogdanovski
1994
1995 Vlatko Bogdanovski
1996 Dragoljub Jacimović
1997 Trajče Nedev
1998 Dragoljub Jacimovic
1999
2000 Trajče Nedev
2001
2002
2003 Zvonko Stanojoski
2004 Nikola Vasovski
2005 Zvonko Stanojoski
2006 Zvonko Stanojoski
2007 Vladimir Georgiev
2008
2009 Vlatko Bogdanovski
2010
2011 Trajče Nedev[4]

Women's championship winners

No. Year Champion
1 2008 Gabriela Koskoska
2 2011 Gabriela Koskoska

External links

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: БИДЕВ, Павле . . mk . 2009 . Skopje . . 31 January 2017.
  2. News: Krstevski . Lazar . Има таленти и интерес за шахот . mk . . 13 December 2012 . 31 January 2017 .
  3. News: Dimitrievski . Robert . Шаховски шампионат со сите нишани . mk . . 9 May 2011 . 31 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170203000723/http://www.utrinski.mk/?ItemID=2126488DD367E94BB2A647C746A5DC94 . 3 February 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Недев е шампион на Македонија за 2011 . mk . 19 May 2011 . 31 January 2017 . 8 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180408141600/http://www.chess.com.mk/sampionat-2011/469-nedev-e-sampion-na-makedonija-za-2011 . dead .