Mediterranean Chess Championship

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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]

History

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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 3 to November 11, 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]

Mediterranean Chess Champions

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# Year City Men's Champion Women's Champion
1 2003 Beirut File:Flag of Greece.svg Spyrios Kapnisis (Greece)  Silvia Collas (France)
2 2004 Antalya File:Flag of Turkey.svg Mert Erdoğdu (Turkey) File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Vesna Rožič (Slovenia)
3 2005* Kemer File:Flag of Turkey.svg Suat Atalık (Turkey) File:Flag of Turkey.svg Ekaterina Atalık (Turkey)
4 2006* Cannes File:Flag of Turkey.svg Suat Atalık (Turkey) File:Flag of Greece.svg Yelena Dembo (Greece)
5 2007 Sousse File:Flag of Croatia.svg Darko Dorić (Croatia) File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Ljilja Drljevic (Montenegro)
6 2008* Antalya File:Flag of Greece.svg Ioannis Georgiadis (Greece) File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Jovana Vojinovic (Montenegro)
7 2009 Rijeka File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly (Egypt) File:Flag of Greece.svg Anna-Maria Botsari (Greece)
8 2012* Beirut File:Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Jwan Bakr (Syria) File:Flag of Greece.svg Ekaterini Pavlidou (Greece)
9 2014 Chania File:Flag of Egypt.svg Bassem Amin (Egypt) File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mona Khaled (Egypt)[6]
10 2015 Beirut File:Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Adly (Egypt)  Sophie Milliet (France)[7]
11 2021 Petrovac File:Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Saric (Croatia) File:Flag of Greece.svg Stavroula Tsolakidou (Greece)[8]
12 2022 Cairo File:Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Alexakis (Greece) File:Flag of Greece.svg Haritomeni Markantonaki (Greece)[9]
13 2023 Platja d'Aro  Gines Esteo Pedro Antonio (Spain) File:Flag of Greece.svg Makka Evanthia (Greece)[10]

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

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