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. 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.
National championship winners※
Year Champion 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
Women's championship winners※
No. Year Champion 1 2008 Gabriela Koskoska 2 2011 Gabriela Koskoska
References※
- ^ "БИДЕВ, Павле". Macedonian Encyclopedia (in Macedonian). Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ Krstevski, Lazar (13 December 2012). "Има таленти и интерес за шахот". Dnevnik (in Macedonian). Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Недев е шампион на Македонија за 2011" (in Macedonian). 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2017.