Macedonian Chess Championship
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
[edit]The Socialist Republic of Macedonia held its first chess championship in 1946, which was won by Pavle Bidev, 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
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Year Champion[3] 1992 Zvonko Stanojoski 1993 Vlatko Bogdanovski 1994 Rolando Kutirov 1995 Vlatko Bogdanovski 1996 Dragoljub Jacimović 1997 Trajče Nedev 1998 Dragoljub Jacimovic 1999 Toni Kiroski 2000 Trajče Nedev 2001 Vanco Stamenkov 2002 Nikola Mitkov 2003 Zvonko Stanojoski 2004 Nikola Vasovski 2005 Zvonko Stanojoski 2006 Zvonko Stanojoski 2007 Vladimir Georgiev 2008 Riste Menkinoski 2009 Vlatko Bogdanovski 2010 Filip Pančevski 2011 Trajče Nedev[4] 2024 Toni Lazov[5]
Women's championship winners
[edit]No. Year Champion 1 2008 Gabriela Koskoska 2 2011 Gabriela Koskoska 3 2024 Gabriela Koskoska[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Gabriela Koskoska and Toni Lazov from Alkaloid are the new Macedonian chess champions".