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The following lists competitions for Chess in South Africa .
Chess Olympiads
South Africa first participated in the
1958 Olympiad in Munich. The team stopped participating in international chess in 1974 due to the
sports boycott as a result of the country's
apartheid policies, returning to play at the
1992 Olympiad after the end of apartheid.
Open
Year
Event
Location
Players
Position
1958
13th Chess Olympiad
Munich ,
West Germany
Heidenfeld ,
Dreyer ,
Kirby ,
Grivainis ,
Isaacson , Stern
27/36
[1]
1964
16th Chess Olympiad
Tel Aviv ,
Israel
Dreyer ,
Kirby ,
Rubinsztein ,
Friedgood ,
Wolpert ,
Isaacson
44/50
[1]
1966
17th Chess Olympiad
Havana ,
Cuba
Dreyer ,
Kroon ,
Heyns ,
Hangelbroek ,
Price ,
Wilken
43/52
[1]
1968
18th Chess Olympiad
Lugano ,
Switzerland
Friedgood ,
Kroon ,
Morschel ,
Griffiths ,
Hangelbroek
36/53
[1]
1970
19th Chess Olympiad
Siegen ,
West Germany
Friedgood ,
Price ,
Heyns ,
Griffiths ,
Dreyer ,
Bloch
43/60
[1]
1974
21st Chess Olympiad
Nice ,
France
Friedgood ,
Kroon ,
Korostenski ,
de Villiers ,
Bloch
DNF/63*
[1]
1992
30th Chess Olympiad
Manila ,
Philippines
Solomons ,
de Villiers ,
D Gluckman ,
Kobese ,
Bouah ,
M Solomon
63/102
[2]
[1]
1994
31st Chess Olympiad
Moscow ,
Russia
Solomons ,
Kobese ,
de Villiers ,
Bouah ,
M Solomon
58/124
[3]
[1]
1996
32nd Chess Olympiad
Yerevan ,
Armenia
D Gluckman ,
Michelakis ,
Kobese ,
Levitt ,
Kromhout ,
Pearson
63/114
[4]
[1]
1998
33rd Chess Olympiad
Elista ,
Russia
Kobese ,
Rubery ,
K Solomon ,
de Villiers ,
Cawdery
80/110
[5]
2000
34th Chess Olympiad
Istanbul ,
Turkey
D Gluckman ,
K Solomon ,
van der Nat ,
Kromhout ,
M Solomon
68/129
[6]
2002
35th Chess Olympiad
Bled ,
Slovenia
D Gluckman ,
K Solomon ,
J Gluckman ,
Levitt ,
Aranov ,
Kromhout
102/140
[7]
2004
36th Chess Olympiad
Calvià ,
Spain
Michelakis ,
Kobese ,
K Solomon ,
D Gluckman ,
Solomons ,
J Gluckman
55/129
[8]
2006
37th Chess Olympiad
Turin ,
Italy
Kobese ,
K Solomon ,
van der Nat ,
Cawdery ,
Ophoff ,
van den Heever
83/150
[9]
2008
38th Chess Olympiad
Dresden ,
Germany
Kobese ,
K Solomon ,
Steel ,
Cawdery ,
Mabusela
58/154
[10]
2010
39th Chess Olympiad
Khanty-Mansiysk ,
Russia
K Solomon ,
Kobese ,
Steel ,
Mabusela ,
van den Heever
74/149
[11]
2012
40th Chess Olympiad
Istanbul ,
Turkey
K Solomon ,
Kobese ,
Steel ,
Mabusela ,
Cawdery
62/157
[12]
2014
41st Chess Olympiad
Tromsø ,
Norway
K Solomon ,
Steel ,
Kobese ,
van den Heever ,
D Gluckman
82/177
[13]
2016
42nd Chess Olympiad
Baku ,
Azerbaijan
K Solomon ,
Cawdery ,
Kobese ,
van den Heever ,
Klaasen
97/180
[14]
2018
43rd Chess Olympiad
Batumi ,
Georgia
Cawdery ,
Kobese ,
Klaasen ,
Mabusela ,
van den Heever
70/185
[15]
2022
44th Chess Olympiad
Chennai ,
India
K Solomon ,
Cawdery ,
Barrish ,
Mhango ,
Kobese
55/188
[16]
- In 1974,
FIDE expelled the team with three rounds to go due to the country's
apartheid policies.
Women
Year
Event
Location
Players
Position
1998
33rd Chess Olympiad
Elista ,
Russia
Erwee ,
Minnaar ,
Frank ,
Laubscher
62/72
[17]
2000
34th Chess Olympiad
Istanbul ,
Turkey
Minnaar ,
Meyer ,
Frick ,
van der Merwe
71/86
[18]
2002
35th Chess Olympiad
Bled ,
Slovenia
van der Merwe ,
Pretorius ,
Neethling ,
Bleazard
68/93
[19]
2004
36th Chess Olympiad
Calvià ,
Spain
van der Merwe ,
Pretorius ,
Frick ,
Ellappen
68/87
[20]
2006
37th Chess Olympiad
Turin ,
Italy
Frick ,
Ellappen ,
Moodliar ,
Laubscher
66/108
[21]
2008
38th Chess Olympiad
Dresden ,
Germany
Solomons ,
Greeff ,
Ellappen ,
de Jager ,
Sischy
57/114
[22]
2010
39th Chess Olympiad
Khanty-Mansiysk ,
Russia
Greeff ,
Solomons ,
Sischy ,
Ezeet ,
Mbalenhie
69/115
[23]
2012
40th Chess Olympiad
Istanbul ,
Turkey
Greeff ,
van der Merwe ,
Solomons ,
Frick ,
Tlale
65/127
[24]
2014
41st Chess Olympiad
Tromsø ,
Norway
Frick ,
Solomons ,
Tlale ,
R van Niekerk ,
Fisher
72/136
[25]
2016
42nd Chess Olympiad
Baku ,
Azerbaijan
Frick ,
Laubscher ,
February ,
Fisher ,
L van Niekerk
72/140
[26]
2018
43rd Chess Olympiad
Batumi ,
Georgia
February ,
Bouah ,
Fisher ,
Selkirk ,
van Zyl
62/151
[27]
2022
44th Chess Olympiad
Chennai ,
India
February ,
van Zyl ,
Badenhorst ,
Selkirk ,
Bouah
100/162
[28]
Major tournaments
Major tournaments hosted in South Africa include the
South African Chess Championship and the
South African Open .
In 2023, the first Cape Town Chess Masters was held.
[29]
References