World Amateur Chess Championship

The World Amateur Chess Championship is a tournament organised by FIDE. The world governing body intended to promote amateur chess play by holding championship tournaments linked to the Olympic Games, but only two events were held.

History

The first championship was held the year that FIDE was founded, at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. This is considered the unofficial first Chess Olympiad, and is the only Olympiad that was an individual event. The second championship was held at the 1928 Summer Olympics in The Hague, in conjunction with the 2nd Chess Olympiad.

Chess has never been an official part of the Olympic Games, and since the chess community does not make any essential distinction between amateur and professional[1] the championship was discontinued after 1928. However, in 1995 FIDE has revamped it to celebrate the centenary of the Hastings International Chess Congress[2] and since then it has been held annually. The first renewed edition, held concurrently with the 1995/96 Hastings Congress from 28 December 1995 to 5 January 1996, was restricted to non-FIDE rated players.[3] Subsequently, amateur was defined as a player with a FIDE rating below 2000 and not having attained a rating of more than 2000 in the past 2 years. Since 2016, the championship has been split into three rating categories: U-2300, U-2000 and U-1700.

According to the current FIDE regulations, the winner is awarded with the title of FIDE Master (FM), while the runner-up and the bronze medallist receive the Candidate Master (CM) title. Analogously the women's champion receives the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM), silver and bronze medallists in the women's category are granted the title Woman Candidate Master (WCM).[4]

Since 2012, there is another World Amateur Chess Championship, organised by the Amateur Chess Organisation (ACO),[5] which is not recognised by FIDE.[6]

Winners
YearDatesHostWinner(s)Women's champion(s)
1924 4 May – 27 Jul Paris Latvia Hermanis Matisons
1928 17 May – 12 Aug Amsterdam Netherlands Max Euwe
1996 28 Dec – 5 Jan Hastings[7] England Brian Johnson[8]
1997[9] 28 Dec – 5 Jan Hastings Estonia Olev Schults France Catherine Dewitte
1998[10] 29 Dec – 11 Jan Hastings India Viraf Avari England Rosalind Kieran
1999[11] 29 Dec – 10 Jan Hastings Armenia Gaguik Oganessian England Jessie Gilbert
2000[12] 29 Dec – 6 Jan Hastings Germany Sven Mühlenhaus Scotland Elaine Rutherford[2]
2001[13] 27 Dec – 8 Jan Pamplona Colombia Bismarck Nicolás Chaverra Rojas Spain Maria Goni
2001[14] 6–13 Dec Bento Gonçalves Brazil Flávio Olivência Canada Amanda Benggawan
2002[15] 13–19 Dec Bento Gonçalves Brazil Juliano Resende Pereira Brazil Thalita Cincinato
2003[16] 2–13 Jul Tshwane South Africa Shabier Bhawoodien South Africa Daleen Wiid
2004[17] 30 Jun – 10 Jul Cape Town Zimbabwe Farai Mandizha Jenine Ellappen
2005[18] 31 Jul – 12 Aug Piešťany Cancelled[19]
2006[20] 23 Nov – 3 Dec Tripoli Morocco Rachid Hifad Sri Lanka Nirmala Chandrasiri
2007[21] 11–18 Aug Predeal Romania Alexandru Gabriel Duca Romania Eugenia-Daniela Ghita
2008[22] 28 Apr – 6 May Chalkidiki Greece Panagiotis Galopoulos India Mitali Patil
2009[23][24] 27 Apr – 3 May Thessaloniki Romania Stefan Parlog Greece Efstathia Andrikopoulou
2010[25][26] 19–25 Mar Skokie United States Andrew Hubbard United States Yun Fan
2011[27][28] 1–10 Oct Antalya Mongolia Bilgunn Sumiya Mongolia Bayar Anu
2012[29][30] 16–22 Apr Chalkidiki Greece Haralambos Tsakiris Colombia Laura Perez
2013[31][32] 21–30 Apr Iași Romania Lehel Vrencian Mongolia Bayarsaikhan Yanjinlkham
2014[33] 26 Apr – 3 May Singapore Mongolia Gijir Munkhbayar India Chitlange Sakshi
2015[34] 14–21 Apr Chalkidiki Turkey Mire Deniz Doğan Moldova Paula-Alexandra Gitu
2016[35] 18–28 Apr Chalkidiki Kazakhstan Zhuban Bigabylov (U2300)
Mongolia Khulan Enkhsaikhan (U2000)
India Jatin S.N. (U1700)		 Greece Georgia Grapsa (U2300)
Mongolia Khulan Enkhsaikhan (U2000)
Russia Diana Zakharova (U1700)
2017[36] 1–9 Apr Spoleto Myanmar Win Tun (U2300)
Poland Maciej Koziej (U2000)
England Hope Mkhumba (U1700)		 Mongolia Bayarjargal Bayarmaa (U2300)
Sri Lanka Zainab Saumy (U2000)
Russia Vilena Popova (U1700)
2018[37] 22–29 Apr Cagliari India Arvinder Preet Singh (U2300)
Azerbaijan Kanan Hajiyev (U2000)
Turkey Batuhan Sutbas (U1700)		 Mongolia Bayarjargal Bayarmaa (U2300)
Russia Elisaveta Chetina (U2000)
Russia Vilena Popova (U1700)
2019[38] 29 Jun – 7 Jul Colima Peru Elías Renzo Gutiérrez Medina (U2300)
Jesús Amezcua Luría (U2000)
Mongolia Dashtogtokh Amarsaikhan (U1700)		 Russia Alexandra Zherebtsova (U2300)
Mongolia Batnasan Khaliun (U2000)
United States Omya Vidyarthi (U1700)
2020[39] 2–12 Apr Heraklion Postponed to 2021[40]
2021[41] 16–26 Oct Rhodes Greece Dimitrios Ladopoulos (U2300)
Kazakhstan Mukhtar Ainakul (U1700)
India Peter Anand (U2000)		 Russia Alexandra Zherebtsova (U2300)
Kenya Glenda Madelta (U1700)
Belgium Marigje Degrande (U2000)
2022[42] 20–30 Oct Mellieħa Kazakhstan Abdilkhair Abilmansur (U2300)
Mongolia Tuguldur Soninbayar (U1700)
Mongolia Sodbilegt Naranbold (U2000)		 England Grigoryan Meri (U2300)
Mongolia Margadgua Erdenebayar (U1700)
Lithuania Baliuniene Margarita (U2000)

See also

References
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