List of micronational chess tournaments
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This is a list of chess tournaments conducted by micronations or micronational organisations. It includes micronational chess championships, chess olympic events, sporting events that feature a chess component, and proposed tournaments that did not or have yet to take place.
List
Name | Year | Organisers | Location | Notes |
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2000 Intermicronational Olympic Games | 2000 | Molossia | Online | Featured a chess event; Lord Robert Clarke of TorHavn won gold and Mark Baugh of Molossia won silver. |
2010 Intermicronational Chess Championship | 2010 | Inter-Micronational Chess Federation | Online | Named Sovetus world chess champion for 2010 |
2010 Micronational Olympics | 2010 | Secundomia | Not known | John Walczyk won |
2011 Micronational Games | 2011 | Kenny Harber, Joe Foxon | Online | Featured a chess event; not known whether the Games went ahead |
2012 Micronational Chess Championship | 2012 | Micronational Chess Federation | Online | Named Sovetus world chess champion for 2012 |
2013 Micronational World Chess Championship | 2013 | Inter-Micronational Chess Federation | Online | Named Rigas Papadopoulos world chess champion for 2013 |
2013 Micronational Games | 2013 | Sirocco | Online | Featured a chess event |
2014 Micronational World Chess Championship | 2014 | Inter-Micronational Chess Federation | Online | Proposed to be held in 2014; cancelled by the collapse of the IMCF |
2014 Burnham Chess Open | 2014 | Burnham | Online | Intended to take place during the Inter-Micronational Chess Federation's 2014 chess cycle[1]; not clear whether it took place |
2018 National Chess Championship of Arsenia | 2018 | Republic of Arsenia | Not known | Patroclus Kleobis Ganymedes won |
2018 FAM Intramurals | 2018 | Federation of Athletic Micronations | Not known | Apparently featured a chess event |
2019 Blue Legion Chess Competition | 2019 | Askio | Not known | |
2019 MOF Games | 2019 | Micronational Olympic Federation | Online | Featured a chess event; Matthew Salzer of Ladonia won gold, Ashley Jaax of Iustus silver and Isaac Elsner of Kaion bronze |
2020 MOF Games | 2020 | Micronational Olympic Federation | Online | Featured a chess event; Jakub Svatek of Gymnasium State won gold, Connor Stumperth of Atovia silver and Zoey Liu of Millania bronze |
2020 Micro-National Naval Chess Tournament | 2020 | Princeptor Micronational Chess Coalition | Not known | |
2020 Micronational Virtual Olympics | 2020 | Teujot Commonwealth | Online | Featured a chess event; Sertor Valentinus won |
2021 MOF Games | 2021 | Micronational Olympic Federation | Online | Featured a chess event; Jakub Svatek of Gymnasium State won gold, Osvaldo Budet of Ladonia silver and Jan Šťastný of Rednecks Republic bronze |
2021 Adammic Chess Open | 2021 | Adammia | Online | Sir Alex Waters won |
2021 Lebetaryan Summer Games | 2021 | Lémarita | Saint Harrisburg | Featured a chess event |
2022 MOF Games | 2022 | Micronational Olympic Federation | Online | Featured a chess event; Sasha P. of New Athens won gold, Eric Smith of Mendersia silver and Josh L. of Wegmat bronze |
2023 Vishwamitra Rashtradhyaksh Chess Cup | 2023 | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports ofVishwamitra | Online | Not clear that the event concluded |
2023 Austenasian Decennalia Chess Tournament | 2023 | Austenasia | Online | Lady Addison O'Halloran won the proficient class; Shiro Mephistopheles won the intermediate class |
2023 Micronational World Chess Championship | 2023 | World Micronational Chess Federation | Online | Proposed tournament to succeed Inter-Micronational Chess Federation's 2013 championship |
See also
References
- ↑ "Proclamation of the Burnham Chess Open", Microchess.org. Published 4 November 2013. Accessed 28 October 2023.