The following lists competitions for Chess in South Africa.
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.
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]
Laura Rogule is a Latvian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. In 2002, she won the World Girls Under-14 Championship. In 2012, she won the European Blitz Chess Championship and European Rapid Chess Championship in Warsaw.
Ilze Bērziņa is a Latvian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (2009). She won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2019.
Daniel Cawdery is a South African chess player who was awarded the International Master title by FIDE in 2014.
Hayat Toubal is an Algerian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master.
Julia Lebel-Arias is an Argentina-born chess player and Woman International Master who represented Argentina, France and Monaco. She is a four-times winner of the Argentine Women's Chess Championship and a three-times winner of the French Women's Chess Championship.
Carla Heredia Serrano is an Ecuadorian chess player and Woman Grandmaster.
Masha Klinova is an Israeli chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a two-timeswinner of Israeli Women's Chess Championship.
Diana Baciu is a Moldovan chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 2013. She won the Moldovan Women's Chess Championship in 2009.
Carlos Matamoros Franco, is an Ecuadorian chess Grandmaster (GM) (2002), Chess Olympiad individual gold (1982) and silver (1986) medalist.
Dewperkash Gajadin is a Surinamese chess player who holds the title of FIDE Master. He is a Surinamese Chess Championship winner (1983), Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist (1984), and FIDE Arbiter (2012).
Raül García Paolicchi is an Andorran chess player who received the FIDE title of FIDE Master (FM) in 1993. He is a two-time Andorran Chess Championship winner and Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist (1990).
Emir Dizdarević, is a Bosnian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1988) who was representing Croatia from 2006 to 2008, two-times Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship winner and a Chess Olympiad team silver medalist (1994).
Maher Ayyad is a Bahraini chess FIDE Master (FM) (2004) and Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (2002).
Olga Gutmakher is an Israeli chess player and engineer who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is a three-time Israeli Women's Chess Championship winner, a Women's Chess Olympiad individual bronze medal winner (2010), and a European Women's Team Chess Championship individual bronze medal winner (2009).
Dragiša Blagojević is a Montenegrin chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (2004), six-times Montenegrin Chess Championship winner, Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (2008).
Gulmira Dauletova is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster, Women's Chess Olympiad individual bronze medal winner (2014).
Hoàng Thị Bảo Trâm is a Vietnamese chess player and Woman Grandmaster. She is a two-time Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship winner, Women's Asian Team Chess Championship team gold winner (2005), and two-time World Women's Team Chess Championships individual medalist.
Michelle M. Fisher is a South African chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master.
Antoine Kassis is a Lebanese chess player. He was awarded the title of FIDE Master in 2013.
Vladimir Hamițevici is a Moldovan chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster. He two times won Moldovan Chess Championship.
