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

The Socialist Republic of Macedonia held its first chess championship in 1946, which was won by Pavle Bidev [Wikidata], 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 Vlatko Bogdanovski
1994 Rolando Kutirov [Wikidata]
1995 Vlatko Bogdanovski
1996 Dragoljub Jacimović
1997 Trajče Nedev
1998 Dragoljub Jacimovic
1999 Toni Kiroski [Wikidata]
2000 Trajče Nedev
2001 Vanco Stamenkov [Wikidata]
2002 Nikola Mitkov [Wikidata]
2003 Zvonko Stanojoski
2004 Nikola Vasovski
2005 Zvonko Stanojoski
2006 Zvonko Stanojoski
2007 Vladimir Georgiev
2008 Riste Menkinoski [Wikidata]
2009 Vlatko Bogdanovski
2010 Filip Pančevski [Wikidata]
2011 Trajče Nedev[4]
2024 Toni Lazov[5]

Women's championship winners

No. Year Champion
1 2008 Gabriela Koskoska
2 2011 Gabriela Koskoska
3 2024 Gabriela Koskoska[5]

References

  1. ^ "БИДЕВ, Павле". Macedonian Encyclopedia (in Macedonian). Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  2. ^ Krstevski, Lazar (13 December 2012). "Има таленти и интерес за шахот". Dnevnik (in Macedonian). Retrieved 31 January 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Недев е шампион на Македонија за 2011" (in Macedonian). 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Gabriela Koskoska and Toni Lazov from Alkaloid are the new Macedonian chess champions".