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
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
policies, returning to play at the
1992 Olympiad after the end of apartheid.
Open
* - In 1974,
FIDE expelled the team with three rounds to go due to the country's
apartheid
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
policies.
Women
Major tournaments
Major tournaments hosted in South Africa include the
South African Chess Championship
The South African Chess Championship was first organised in 1892 by the Cape Town Chess Club. It is now organised by Chess South Africa (CHESSA), the governing body of chess in South Africa. The tournament is normally held every two years. It is ...
and the
South African Open.
In 2023, the first Cape Town Chess Masters was held.
References
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