South Korean Chess Championship

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The South Korean Chess Championship is organized by the Korea Chess Federation, which was established in 2008 after FIDE negotiated an agreement between three rival organizations to unify into a single governing body for chess in South Korea. [1]

Winners

No.YearChampion
12009 Erdem Dashibalov [2]
22010 Jang Kyungsik [3]
32012 Kim Inguh [4]
42013 Ahn Sungmin [5]
52014 Lee Jun Hyeok [6]
62015 Kim Inguh [7]
72016 Kwon Sehyun [8]
82017 Lee Jun Hyeok [9]
92018 Walker Martin [10]
102019 Kwon Sehyun [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Unification Process of Chess in Korea". FIDE. 2008-04-08. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Original Tournament Report: 1st National Championship 2009". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Original Tournament Report: 2010 2nd National Championship". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  4. ↑ "Original Tournament Report: 2012 Korea Mens Championship". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  5. ↑ "Original Tournament Report: 2013 Korea National Championship - Men". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  6. ↑ "Original Tournament Report: 2014 Korea National Championship - Open". FIDE . Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  7. ↑ "Original Tournament Report: 2015 Korea National Championship - Men". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  8. ↑ "2016 Korea National Championship - Men". FIDE. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  9. ↑ "2017 National Championship - Men February 2017 South Korea FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  10. ↑ "Korea National Championship – Men 2018 | Chessdom" . Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  11. ↑ "2019 National Championship Men February 2019 South Korea FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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