Chess in South Africa

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There are records of organised chess being played in South Africa as far back as 1847, but the oldest surviving chess club is the Cape Town Chess Club, founded in 1885.

A national body, the Chess Federation of South Africa, was formed in 1948. Under apartheid, society was divided on racial grounds, and governed by whites, and the body catered for whites only. The first non-racial organisation, the Western Province Chess Association, was founded in 1964.[1]

The following lists competitions for Chess in South Africa.

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South Africa first participated in the 1958 Olympiad in Munich. In 1974, South Africa was suspended by FIDE 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.

YearEventLocationPlayersPositionRef
195813th Chess OlympiadWest Germany Munich, West GermanyHeidenfeld, Dreyer, Kirby, Grivainis, Isaacson, Stern27/36[2]
196416th Chess OlympiadIsrael Tel Aviv, IsraelDreyer, Kirby, Rubinsztein, Friedgood, Wolpert, Isaacson44/50[2]
196617th Chess OlympiadCuba Havana, CubaDreyer, Kroon, Heyns, Hangelbroek, Price, Wilken43/52[2]
196818th Chess OlympiadSwitzerland Lugano, SwitzerlandFriedgood, Kroon, Morschel, Griffiths, Hangelbroek36/53[2]
197019th Chess OlympiadWest Germany Siegen, West GermanyFriedgood, Price, Heyns, Griffiths, Dreyer, Bloch43/60[2]
197421st Chess OlympiadFrance Nice, FranceFriedgood, Kroon, Korostenski, de Villiers, BlochDNF/63*[2]
199230th Chess OlympiadPhilippines Manila, PhilippinesSolomons, de Villiers, D Gluckman, Kobese, Bouah, M Solomon63/102[3][2]
199431st Chess OlympiadRussia Moscow, RussiaSolomons, Kobese, de Villiers, Bouah, M Solomon58/124[4][2]
199632nd Chess OlympiadArmenia Yerevan, ArmeniaD Gluckman, Michelakis, Kobese, Levitt, Kromhout, Pearson63/114[5][2]
199833rd Chess OlympiadRussia Elista, RussiaKobese, Rubery, K Solomon, de Villiers, Cawdery80/110[6]
200034th Chess OlympiadTurkey Istanbul, TurkeyD Gluckman, K Solomon, van der Nat, Kromhout, M Solomon68/129[7]
200235th Chess OlympiadSlovenia Bled, SloveniaD Gluckman, K Solomon, J Gluckman, Levitt, Aranov, Kromhout102/140[8]
200436th Chess OlympiadSpain Calvià, SpainMichelakis, Kobese, K Solomon, D Gluckman, Solomons, J Gluckman55/129[9]
200637th Chess OlympiadItaly Turin, ItalyKobese, K Solomon, van der Nat, Cawdery, Ophoff, van den Heever83/150[10]
200838th Chess OlympiadGermany Dresden, GermanyKobese, K Solomon, Steel, Cawdery, Mabusela58/154[11]
201039th Chess OlympiadRussia Khanty-Mansiysk, RussiaK Solomon, Kobese, Steel, Mabusela, van den Heever74/149[12]
201240th Chess OlympiadTurkey Istanbul, TurkeyK Solomon, Kobese, Steel, Mabusela, Cawdery62/157[13]
201441st Chess OlympiadNorway Tromsø, NorwayK Solomon, Steel, Kobese, van den Heever, D Gluckman82/177[14]
201642nd Chess OlympiadAzerbaijan Baku, AzerbaijanK Solomon, Cawdery, Kobese, van den Heever, Klaasen97/180[15]
201843rd Chess OlympiadGeorgia (country) Batumi, GeorgiaCawdery, Kobese, Klaasen, Mabusela, van den Heever70/185[16]
202244th Chess OlympiadIndia Chennai, IndiaK Solomon, Cawdery, Barrish, Mhango, Kobese55/188[17]
202445th Chess OlympiadHungary Budapest, HungaryBarrish, Karsten, Levitan, Mhango, Cawdery67/196[18]
  • - In 1974, FIDE expelled the team with three rounds to go due to the country's apartheid policies.

Women

YearEventLocationPlayersPositionRef
199833rd Chess OlympiadRussia Elista, RussiaErwee, Minnaar, Frank, Laubscher62/72[19]
200034th Chess OlympiadTurkey Istanbul, TurkeyMinnaar, Meyer, Frick, van der Merwe71/86[20]
200235th Chess OlympiadSlovenia Bled, Sloveniavan der Merwe, Pretorius, Neethling, Bleazard68/93[21]
200436th Chess OlympiadSpain Calvià, Spainvan der Merwe, Pretorius, Frick, Ellappen68/87[22]
200637th Chess OlympiadItaly Turin, ItalyFrick, Ellappen, Moodliar, Laubscher66/108[23]
200838th Chess OlympiadGermany Dresden, GermanySolomons, Greeff, Ellappen, de Jager, Sischy57/114[24]
201039th Chess OlympiadRussia Khanty-Mansiysk, RussiaGreeff, Solomons, Sischy, Ezeet, Mbalenhie69/115[25]
201240th Chess OlympiadTurkey Istanbul, TurkeyGreeff, van der Merwe, Solomons, Frick, Tlale65/127[26]
201441st Chess OlympiadNorway Tromsø, NorwayFrick, Solomons, Tlale, R van Niekerk, Fisher72/136[27]
201642nd Chess OlympiadAzerbaijan Baku, AzerbaijanFrick, Laubscher, February, Fisher, L van Niekerk72/140[28]
201843rd Chess OlympiadGeorgia (country) Batumi, GeorgiaFebruary, Bouah, Fisher, Selkirk, van Zyl62/151[29]
202244th Chess OlympiadIndia Chennai, IndiaFebruary, van Zyl, Badenhorst, Selkirk, Bouah100/162[30]
202445th Chess OlympiadHungary Budapest, HungaryFebruary, Badenhorst, Klaasen, Nel, Strong87/183[31]

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