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Chess Olympiads

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See also:Chess Olympiad

South Africa first participated in the1958 Olympiadin Munich. The team stopped participating in international chess in 1974 due to thesports boycottas a result of the country'sapartheidpolicies, returning to play at the1992 Olympiadafter the end of apartheid.

Open

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Year Event Location Players Position Ref
1958 13th Chess Olympiad West GermanyMunich,West Germany Heidenfeld,Dreyer,Kirby,Grivainis,Isaacson,Stern 27/36 [1]
1964 16th Chess Olympiad IsraelTel Aviv,Israel Dreyer,Kirby,Rubinsztein,Friedgood,Wolpert,Isaacson 44/50 [1]
1966 17th Chess Olympiad CubaHavana,Cuba Dreyer,Kroon,Heyns,Hangelbroek,Price,Wilken 43/52 [1]
1968 18th Chess Olympiad SwitzerlandLugano,Switzerland Friedgood,Kroon,Morschel,Griffiths,Hangelbroek 36/53 [1]
1970 19th Chess Olympiad West GermanySiegen,West Germany Friedgood,Price,Heyns,Griffiths,Dreyer,Bloch 43/60 [1]
1974 21st Chess Olympiad FranceNice,France Friedgood,Kroon,Korostenski,de Villiers,Bloch DNF/63* [1]
1992 30th Chess Olympiad PhilippinesManila,Philippines Solomons,de Villiers,D Gluckman,Kobese,Bouah,M Solomon 63/102 [2][1]
1994 31st Chess Olympiad RussiaMoscow,Russia Solomons,Kobese,de Villiers,Bouah,M Solomon 58/124 [3][1]
1996 32nd Chess Olympiad ArmeniaYerevan,Armenia D Gluckman,Michelakis,Kobese,Levitt,Kromhout,Pearson 63/114 [4][1]
1998 33rd Chess Olympiad RussiaElista,Russia Kobese,Rubery,K Solomon,de Villiers,Cawdery 80/110 [5]
2000 34th Chess Olympiad TurkeyIstanbul,Turkey D Gluckman,K Solomon,van der Nat,Kromhout,M Solomon 68/129 [6]
2002 35th Chess Olympiad SloveniaBled,Slovenia D Gluckman,K Solomon,J Gluckman,Levitt,Aranov,Kromhout 102/140 [7]
2004 36th Chess Olympiad SpainCalvià,Spain Michelakis,Kobese,K Solomon,D Gluckman,Solomons,J Gluckman 55/129 [8]
2006 37th Chess Olympiad ItalyTurin,Italy Kobese,K Solomon,van der Nat,Cawdery,Ophoff,van den Heever 83/150 [9]
2008 38th Chess Olympiad GermanyDresden,Germany Kobese,K Solomon,Steel,Cawdery,Mabusela 58/154 [10]
2010 39th Chess Olympiad RussiaKhanty-Mansiysk,Russia K Solomon,Kobese,Steel,Mabusela,van den Heever 74/149 [11]
2012 40th Chess Olympiad TurkeyIstanbul,Turkey K Solomon,Kobese,Steel,Mabusela,Cawdery 62/157 [12]
2014 41st Chess Olympiad NorwayTromsø,Norway K Solomon,Steel,Kobese,van den Heever,D Gluckman 82/177 [13]
2016 42nd Chess Olympiad AzerbaijanBaku,Azerbaijan K Solomon,Cawdery,Kobese,van den Heever,Klaasen 97/180 [14]
2018 43rd Chess Olympiad Georgia (country)Batumi,Georgia Cawdery,Kobese,Klaasen,Mabusela,van den Heever 70/185 [15]
2022 44th Chess Olympiad IndiaChennai,India K Solomon,Cawdery,Barrish,Mhango,Kobese 55/188 [16]
  • - In 1974,FIDEexpelled the team with three rounds to go due to the country'sapartheidpolicies.

Women

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Year Event Location Players Position Ref
1998 33rd Chess Olympiad RussiaElista,Russia Erwee,Minnaar,Frank,Laubscher 62/72 [17]
2000 34th Chess Olympiad TurkeyIstanbul,Turkey Minnaar,Meyer,Frick,van der Merwe 71/86 [18]
2002 35th Chess Olympiad SloveniaBled,Slovenia van der Merwe,Pretorius,Neethling,Bleazard 68/93 [19]
2004 36th Chess Olympiad SpainCalvià,Spain van der Merwe,Pretorius,Frick,Ellappen 68/87 [20]
2006 37th Chess Olympiad ItalyTurin,Italy Frick,Ellappen,Moodliar,Laubscher 66/108 [21]
2008 38th Chess Olympiad GermanyDresden,Germany Solomons,Greeff,Ellappen,de Jager,Sischy 57/114 [22]
2010 39th Chess Olympiad RussiaKhanty-Mansiysk,Russia Greeff,Solomons,Sischy,Ezeet,Mbalenhie 69/115 [23]
2012 40th Chess Olympiad TurkeyIstanbul,Turkey Greeff,van der Merwe,Solomons,Frick,Tlale 65/127 [24]
2014 41st Chess Olympiad NorwayTromsø,Norway Frick,Solomons,Tlale,R van Niekerk,Fisher 72/136 [25]
2016 42nd Chess Olympiad AzerbaijanBaku,Azerbaijan Frick,Laubscher,February,Fisher,L van Niekerk 72/140 [26]
2018 43rd Chess Olympiad Georgia (country)Batumi,Georgia February,Bouah,Fisher,Selkirk,van Zyl 62/151 [27]
2022 44th Chess Olympiad IndiaChennai,India February,van Zyl,Badenhorst,Selkirk,Bouah 100/162 [28]

Major tournaments

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Major tournaments hosted in South Africa include theSouth African Chess Championshipand theSouth African Open.

In 2023, the first Cape Town Chess Masters was held.[29]

References

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  1. ^abcdefghi"OlimpBase:: Men's Chess Olympiads:: Republic of South Africa, Team Record".
  2. ^"30th Chess Olympiad: Manila 1992".
  3. ^"31st Chess Olympiad: Moscow 1994".
  4. ^"32nd Chess Olympiad: Yerevan 1996".
  5. ^"33rd Chess Olympiad 1998 Open".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  6. ^"34th Chess Olympiad 2000 Open".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  7. ^"35th Chess Olympiad 2002 Open Men".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  8. ^"36th Chess Olympiad 2004 Open Men" s section ".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  9. ^"37th Chess Olympiad 2006 Open".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  10. ^"38th Olympiad Dresden 2008 Open".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  11. ^"39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Open".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  12. ^"40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Open".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  13. ^"41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  14. ^"42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  15. ^"43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open".chess-results.Retrieved5 October2018.
  16. ^"44th Olympiad Batumi 2022 Open".chess-results.Retrieved9 August2022.
  17. ^"33rd Chess Olympiad 1998 Women".chess-results.Retrieved9 September2016.
  18. ^"34th Chess Olympiad 2000 Women".chess-results.Retrieved9 September2016.
  19. ^"35th Chess Olympiad 2002 Women".chess-results.Retrieved9 September2016.
  20. ^"36th Chess Olympiad 2004 Women".chess-results.Retrieved9 September2016.
  21. ^"37th Chess Olympiad 2006 Women".chess-results.Retrieved10 September2016.
  22. ^"38th Chess Olympiad 2008 Women".chess-results.Retrieved8 September2016.
  23. ^"39th Chess Olympiad 2010 Women".chess-results.Retrieved10 September2016.
  24. ^"40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Women".chess-results.Retrieved10 September2016.
  25. ^"41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Women".chess-results.Retrieved10 September2016.
  26. ^"42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women".chess-results.Retrieved10 September2016.
  27. ^"43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women".chess-results.Retrieved5 October2018.
  28. ^"44th Olympiad Chennai 2018 Women".chess-results.Retrieved9 August2022.
  29. ^Wilson, Paul (10 January 2024)."Cape Town Masters Chess Championship 2024 – South African Chess Hub".Retrieved16 January2024.
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