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