Leading chess players from the Mediterranean Chess Association member nations, and invited guest participants, are allowed to play in the Mediterranean Chess Championship.[1] The Mediterranean Chess Association was established at the 73rd FIDE Congress in Bled, Slovenia and registered with FIDE as an affiliated international chess organization.[2][3]
There was no Mediterranean Chess Championship event held for 2010, 2011 and 2013.
# | Year | City | Men's Champion | Women's Champion |
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1 | 2003 | Beirut | Spyrios Kapnisis (Greece) | Silvia Collas (France) |
2 | 2004 | Antalya | Mert Erdoğdu (Turkey) | Vesna Rožič (Slovenia) |
3 | 2005* | Kemer | Suat Atalık (Turkey) | Ekaterina Atalık (Turkey) |
4 | 2006* | Cannes | Suat Atalık (Turkey) | Yelena Dembo (Greece) |
5 | 2007 | Sousse | Darko Dorić (Croatia) | Ljilja Drljevic (Montenegro) |
6 | 2008* | Antalya | Ioannis Georgiadis (Greece) | Jovana Vojinovic (Montenegro) |
7 | 2009 | Rijeka | Ahmed Adly (Egypt) | Anna-Maria Botsari (Greece) |
8 | 2012* | Beirut | Jwan Bakr (Syria) | Ekaterini Pavlidou (Greece) |
9 | 2014 | Chania | Bassem Amin (Egypt) | Mona Khaled (Egypt)[4] |
10 | 2015 | Beirut | Ahmed Adly (Egypt) | Sophie Milliet (France)[5] |
*Note: Organized in the beginning of the following year.