World Amateur Chess Championship

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The World Amateur Chess Championship is a tournament organised by FIDE and Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO).

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The world governing body intended to promote amateur chess play by holding championship tournaments linked to the Olympic Games, but only two events were held. Since 1996, it has been an annual FIDE event.

History

The first championship was held the year that FIDE was founded, at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. This is considered the unofficial first Chess Olympiad, and is the only Olympiad that was an individual event. The second championship was held at the 1928 Summer Olympics in The Hague, in conjunction with the 2nd Chess Olympiad.

Chess has never been an official part of the Olympic Games, and since the chess community does not make any essential distinction between amateur and professional [1] the championship was discontinued after 1928. However, in 1995 FIDE has revamped it to celebrate the centenary of the Hastings International Chess Congress [2] and since then it has been held annually. The first renewed edition, held concurrently with the 1995/96 Hastings Congress from 28 December 1995 to 5 January 1996, was restricted to non-FIDE rated players. [3] Subsequently, amateur was defined as a player with a FIDE rating below 2000 and not having attained a rating of more than 2000 in the past 2 years. Since 2016, the championship has been split into three rating categories: U-2300, U-2000 and U-1700. Additionally to these rating limits, a player must not hold the title of International Master or higher (or Woman International Master for women) for U-2300 and U-2000 section or the title of FIDE Master (or Woman FIDE Master for women); however, players that are 65 years or older are exempt from this additional requirement to qualify. [4]

According to the current FIDE regulations, the winners of the U-2300 and the U-2000 sections are awarded with the title of FIDE Master (FM), while the winner of the U-1700 category, the runner-ups and bronze medallists of the U-2300 and the U-2000 categories receive the Candidate Master (CM) title. Analogously the women's champions in the U-2300 and U-2000 categories receive the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM), the winner of women's U1700 category, the silver and bronze medallists in the women's U-2300 and U-2000 categoriew are granted the title Woman Candidate Master (WCM). [5]

Since 2012, there is another World Amateur Chess Championship, organised by the Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO), [6] which is not recognised by FIDE. [7]

Winners

YearDatesHostWinner(s)Women's champion(s)
1924 4 May – 27 JulFlag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Paris Flag of Latvia.svg Hermanis Matisons
1928 17 May – 12 AugFlag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Euwe
199628 Dec – 5 JanFlag of England.svg Hastings [8] Flag of England.svg Brian Johnson [9]
1997 [10] 28 Dec – 5 JanFlag of England.svg Hastings Flag of Estonia.svg Olev Schults Flag of France.svg Catherine Dewitte
1998 [11] 29 Dec – 11 JanFlag of England.svg Hastings Flag of India.svg Viraf Avari Flag of England.svg Rosalind Kieran
1999 [12] 29 Dec – 10 JanFlag of England.svg Hastings Flag of Armenia.svg Gaguik Oganessian Flag of England.svg Jessie Gilbert
2000 [13] 29 Dec – 6 JanFlag of England.svg Hastings Flag of Germany.svg Sven Mühlenhaus Flag of Scotland.svg Elaine Rutherford [2]
2001 [14] 27 Dec – 8 JanFlag of Spain.svg Pamplona Flag of Colombia.svg Bismarck Nicolás Chaverra Rojas Flag of Spain.svg Maria Goni
2001 [15] 6–13 DecFlag of Brazil.svg Bento Gonçalves Flag of Brazil.svg Flávio Olivência Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Amanda Benggawan
2002 [16] 13–19 DecFlag of Brazil.svg Bento Gonçalves Flag of Brazil.svg Juliano Resende Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg Thalita Cincinato
2003 [17] 2–13 JulFlag of South Africa.svg Tshwane Flag of South Africa.svg Shabier Bhawoodien Flag of South Africa.svg Daleen Wiid
2004 [18] 30 Jun – 10 JulFlag of South Africa.svg Cape Town Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Farai MandizhaFlag of South Africa.svg Jenine Ellappen
2005 [19] 31 Jul – 12 AugFlag of Slovakia.svg Piešťany Cancelled [20]
2006 [21] 23 Nov – 3 DecFlag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Tripoli Flag of Morocco.svg Rachid Hifad Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Nirmala Chandrasiri
2007 [22] 11–18 AugFlag of Romania.svg Predeal Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Gabriel Duca Flag of Romania.svg Eugenia-Daniela Ghita
2008 [23] 28 Apr – 6 MayFlag of Greece.svg Chalkidiki Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Galopoulos Flag of India.svg Mitali Patil
2009 [24] [25] 27 Apr – 3 MayFlag of Greece.svg Thessaloniki Flag of Romania.svg Stefan Parlog Flag of Greece.svg Efstathia Andrikopoulou
2010 [26] [27] 19–25 MarFlag of the United States.svg Skokie Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Hubbard Flag of the United States.svg Yun Fan
2011 [28] [29] 1–10 OctFlag of Turkey.svg Antalya Flag of Mongolia.svg Bilgunn Sumiya Flag of Mongolia.svg Bayar Anu
2012 [30] [31] 16–22 AprFlag of Greece.svg Chalkidiki Flag of Greece.svg Haralambos Tsakiris Flag of Colombia.svg Laura Perez
2013 [32] [33] 21–30 AprFlag of Romania.svg Iași Flag of Romania.svg Lehel Vrencian Flag of Mongolia.svg Bayarsaikhan Yanjinlkham
2014 [34] 26 Apr – 3 MayFlag of Singapore.svg Singapore Flag of Mongolia.svg Gijir Munkhbayar Flag of India.svg Chitlange Sakshi
2015 [35] 14–21 AprFlag of Greece.svg Chalkidiki Flag of Turkey.svg Mire Deniz Doğan Flag of Moldova.svg Paula-Alexandra Gitu
2016 [36] 18–28 AprFlag of Greece.svg Chalkidiki Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Zhuban Bigabylov (U2300)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Khulan Enkhsaikhan (U2000)
Flag of India.svg Jatin S.N. (U1700)
Flag of Greece.svg Georgia Grapsa (U2300)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Khulan Enkhsaikhan (U2000)
Flag of Russia.svg Diana Zakharova (U1700)
2017 [37] 1–9 AprFlag of Italy.svg Spoleto Flag of Myanmar.svg Win Tun (U2300)
Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Koziej (U2000)
Flag of England.svg Hope Mkhumba (U1700)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Bayarjargal Bayarmaa (U2300)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Zainab Saumy (U2000)
Flag of Russia.svg Vilena Popova (U1700)
2018 [38] 22–29 AprFlag of Italy.svg Cagliari Flag of India.svg Arvinder Preet Singh (U2300)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Kanan Hajiyev (U2000)
Flag of Turkey.svg Batuhan Sutbas (U1700)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Bayarjargal Bayarmaa (U2300)
Flag of Russia.svg Elisaveta Chetina (U2000)
Flag of Russia.svg Vilena Popova (U1700)
2019 [39] 29 Jun – 7 JulFlag of Mexico.svg Colima Flag of Peru.svg Elías Renzo Gutiérrez Medina (U2300)
Flag of Mexico.svg Jesús Amezcua Luría (U2000)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Dashtogtokh Amarsaikhan (U1700)
Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Zherebtsova (U2300)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Batnasan Khaliun (U2000)
Flag of the United States.svg Omya Vidyarthi (U1700)
2020 [40] 2–12 AprFlag of Greece.svg Heraklion Postponed to 2021 [41]
2021 [42] 16–26 OctFlag of Greece.svg Rhodes Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Ladopoulos (U2300)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mukhtar Ainakul (U1700)
Flag of India.svg Peter Anand (U2000)
Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Zherebtsova (U2300)
Flag of Kenya.svg Glenda Madelta (U1700)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marigje Degrande (U2000)
2022 [43] 20–30 OctFlag of Malta.svg Mellieħa Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Abdilkhair Abilmansur (U2300)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Tuguldur Soninbayar (U1700)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Sodbilegt Naranbold (U2000)
Flag of England.svg Grigoryan Meri (U2300)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Margadgua Erdenebayar (U1700)
Flag of Lithuania.svg Baliuniene Margarita (U2000)
2023 [44] [45] 2-11 NovFlag of Oman.svg Muscat Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Abdilkhair Abilmansur (U2300)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Dashtogtokh Amarsaikhan (U2000)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Ganbat Danzanjunai (U1700)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Bauyrzhan Amash (U2300)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Norovsambuu Badamkhand (U2000)
Flag of Mongolia.svg Bat-Amgalan Anujin (U1700)

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