Mediterranean Chess Championship

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Mediterranean Chess Championship is a Swiss tournament organized by the Mediterranean Chess Association member nations (MCA) and opened for the chess players who are the members of the association. [1] MCA was established at the 73rd FIDE Congress in Bled, Slovenia and registered with FIDE as an affiliated international chess organization. [2] [3]

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The winner of the tournament are declared the Champion of the Mediterranean Championship 2023, while the best placed female are declared Mediterranean Women Champion 2023. [4]

History

The 11th Mediterranean Chess Championship was held in 2021 in Petrovac, Montenegro, sharing the venue and the prize fund with European School Chess Individual Cup. The time controls were set at 90 minutes per player for 40 moves, plus 15 minutes until the end of the game, with increment of 40 seconds for each move, starting from move one. The event's total prize fund 10,500 Euros, including the Champion prize of 1,200 Euros. [5]

In 2023, MCA partnered with the Catalan and Spanish Chess Federations, organizing the 13th Mediterranean Chess Championships 2023. The tournament was held in hotel La Terrassa in Platja d'Aro, Catalonia, from November 3th to November 11th 2023. It was played using time control of 90 minutes per player with a bonus of 30 seconds for each move played, starting from move one. [4]

Mediterranean Chess Champions

#YearCityMen's ChampionWomen's Champion
12003 Beirut Flag of Greece.svg  Spyrios Kapnisis  (Greece)Flag of France.svg  Silvia Collas  (France)
22004 Antalya Flag of Turkey.svg  Mert Erdoğdu  (Turkey)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Vesna Rožič  (Slovenia)
32005* Kemer Flag of Turkey.svg  Suat Atalık  (Turkey)Flag of Turkey.svg  Ekaterina Atalık  (Turkey)
42006* Cannes Flag of Turkey.svg  Suat Atalık  (Turkey)Flag of Greece.svg  Yelena Dembo  (Greece)
52007 Sousse Flag of Croatia.svg  Darko Dorić  (Croatia)Flag of Montenegro.svg  Ljilja Drljevic  (Montenegro)
62008* Antalya Flag of Greece.svg  Ioannis Georgiadis  (Greece)Flag of Montenegro.svg  Jovana Vojinovic  (Montenegro)
72009 Rijeka Flag of Egypt.svg  Ahmed Adly  (Egypt)Flag of Greece.svg  Anna-Maria Botsari  (Greece)
82012* Beirut Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  Jwan Bakr  (Syria)Flag of Greece.svg  Ekaterini Pavlidou  (Greece)
92014 Chania Flag of Egypt.svg  Bassem Amin  (Egypt)Flag of Egypt.svg  Mona Khaled  (Egypt) [6]
102015 Beirut Flag of Egypt.svg  Ahmed Adly  (Egypt)Flag of France.svg  Sophie Milliet  (France) [7]
112021 Petrovac Flag of Croatia.svg  Ivan Saric  (Croatia)Flag of Greece.svg  Stavroula Tsolakidou  (Greece) [8]
122022 Cairo Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Alexakis (Greece)Flag of Greece.svg Haritomeni Markantonaki (Greece) [9]
132023 Platja d'Aro Flag of Spain.svg Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio (Spain)Flag of Greece.svg Makka Evanthia (Greece) [10]

*Note: Organized in the beginning of the following year.

References

  1. ↑ "Mediterranean Chess Association". medchess.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-30.
  2. ↑ "Press Release #1". medchess.com.
  3. ↑ "Mediterranean Chess Association". fide.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31.
  4. 1 2 "Mediterranean Chess Championship Catalonia 2023" (PDF). feda.org. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Mediterranean Chess Championship Kicked Off". europechess.com. June 20, 2021.
  6. ↑ "GM Bassem Amin lifts Mediterranean trophy on his birthday". Chessdom. 2014-09-11. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "10th Mediterranean Individual Championships 2015 - Beirut – Lebanon". Chess-Results.
  8. ↑ "11th Mediterranean Chess Championship for Men and Women". Chess-Results.
  9. ↑ "12th Mediterranean Chess Championship 2022". Chess-Results.
  10. ↑ "13th Mediterranean Men and Women Championships 2023". Chess-Results.
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