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]

Women's championship winners

No.	Year	Champion
1	2008	Gabriela Koskoska
2	2011	Gabriela Koskoska

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. 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.

External links

• Chess.com.mk