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 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 not 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 in 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
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YearDatesHostWinner(s)Women's champion(s)
1924 4 May – 27 Jul Paris Hermanis Matisons
1928 17 May – 12 Aug Amsterdam Max Euwe
1996 28 Dec – 5 Jan Hastings[7] Brian Johnson[8]
1997[9] 28 Dec – 5 Jan Hastings Olev Schults Catherine Dewitte
1998[10] 29 Dec – 11 Jan Hastings Viraf Avari Rosalind Kieran
1999[11] 29 Dec – 10 Jan Hastings Gaguik Oganessian Jessie Gilbert
2000[12] 29 Dec – 6 Jan Hastings Sven Mühlenhaus Elaine Rutherford[2]
2001[13] 27 Dec – 8 Jan Pamplona Bismarck Nicolás Chaverra Rojas Maria Goni
2001[14] 6–13 Dec Bento Gonçalves Flávio Olivência Amanda Benggawan
2002[15] 13–19 Dec Bento Gonçalves Juliano Resende Pereira Thalita Cincinato
2003[16] 2–13 Jul Tshwane Shabier Bhawoodien Daleen Wiid
2004[17] 30 Jun – 10 Jul Cape Town Farai Mandizha Jenine Ellappen
2005[18] Cancelled
2006[19] 23 Nov – 3 Dec Tripoli Rachid Hifad Nirmala Chandrasiri
2007[20] 11–18 Aug Predeal Alexandru Gabriel Duca Eugenia-Daniela Ghita
2008[21] 28 Apr – 6 May Chalkidiki Panagiotis Galopoulos Mitali Patil
2009[22][23] 27 Apr – 3 May Thessaloniki Stefan Parlog Efstathia Andrikopoulou
2010[24][25] 19–25 Mar Skokie Andrew Hubbard Yun Fan
2011[26][27] 1–10 Oct Antalya Bilgunn Sumiya Bayar Anu
2012[28][29] 16–22 Apr Chalkidiki Haralambos Tsakiris Laura Perez
2013[30][31] 21–30 Apr Iași Lehel Vrencian Bayarsaikhan Yanjinlkham
2014[32] 26 Apr – 3 May Singapore Gijir Munkhbayar Chitlange Sakshi
2015[33] 14–21 Apr Chalkidiki Mire Deniz Doğan Paula-Alexandra Gitu
2016[34] 18–28 Apr Chalkidiki Zhuban Bigabylov (U2300)
Khulan Enkhsaikhan (U2000)
Jatin S.N. (U1700)		 Georgia Grapsa (U2300)
Khulan Enkhsaikhan (U2000)
Diana Zakharova (U1700)
2017[35] 1–9 Apr Spoleto Win Tun (U2300)
Maciej Koziej (U2000)
Hope Mkhumba (U1700)		 Bayarjargal Bayarmaa (U2300)
Zainab Saumy (U2000)
Vilena Popova (U1700)
2018[36] 22–29 Apr Cagliari Arvinder Preet Singh (U2300)
Kanan Hajiyev (U2000)
Batuhan Sutbas (U1700)		 Bayarjargal Bayarmaa (U2300)
Elisaveta Chetina (U2000)
Vilena Popova (U1700)
2019 29 Jun – 7 Jul Colima Omya Vidyarthi (U1700)

See also

References
  1. A chess amateur is a player who does not earn a living through chess. Chess amateurs are not restricted in any way: they can win prizes, accept appearance fees, and earn any chess title, including World Champion. In 1935 Max Euwe became the last amateur to win the World Championship. (Hooper & Whyld 1992, p. 13)
  2. Henderson, John (January 2000). "Elaine Rutherford wins World Title". Chess Scotland. Archived from the original on 2017-01-14. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. Hastings Centenary Congress (PDF). The Hastings International Chess Congress. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  4. Table for Direct Titles effective from 1 July 2017. FIDE.
  5. Amateur Chess Organization
  6. WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. FIDE. 2013-11-05
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  24. World Amateur Chess Championships 2010
  25. Winners of the 2010 World Amateur Chess Championship
  26. 2011 World Amateur Chess Championship
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  28. World Amateur Championship 2012
  29. FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2012 crowns new champions
  30. World Amateur Championships 2013
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  33. World Amateur Chess Championship 2015
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  35. World Amateur Chess Championship 2017
  36. FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2018
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