2012 Micronational Chess Championship
Micronational Chess Championship 2012 | |
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Status | Completed |
Date | 16 August 2012 - 21 November 2012 |
Governing body | Micronational Chess Federation |
Participants | 16 |
Format | Single-knockout |
Winner | Sovetus |
Runner-up | Kuri Kabanov |
The 2012 Micronational Chess Championship was held from August 16, 2012 to November 21, 2012. It was organized by the newly-formed Micronational Chess Federation.
Background
At the 16th of July, 2012, Leon Simpson created a thread on the MicroWiki forums, stating the Inter-Micronational Chess Federation had been re-incarnated as the Micronational Chess Federation, and that many nations had joined it. At the same time, he announced the first tournament was going to be planned through that thread. That tournament quickly came to be known as the Micronational Chess Championship.
There were complaints over the fact that there was no limit to the number of participants per nation, with some saying that it will be unfair since some bigger nations will be able to enter much more participants than smaller ones. Therefore, a 3-player limit per nation was established. In case more than 3 players from the same nation wanted to play, there would be a qualifying procedure. However, this didn't happen, as no more than 3 players attempted to sign-up from each nation.
Sign-ups ended at August 16, when the tournament began. 16 players were participating.
Tournament Format
Tournament format was decided to be single-knockout, with the exception of the semi-finalists, who would play a third-place match.
Participants
There were 16 participants from 11 different nations.
Kyle Gatesman - Brogenia
Brandon Kim - Brogenia
Tony Asiamah - Brogenia
Joe Foxon - Mercury
Rebecca Panks - St. Peters Republic
Deniz of Pavlov - Pavlov
Parker I - Secundomia
James E. Wilary - Prsänëa
Kyng Fyrst - Slin Empyre
Stepan Ignatiev - Lostisland
Sovetus - Renasia
Kuri Kabanov - Renasia
Thomas Cassidy - Knoll
Leon Simpson - New Nevada
Jacob Tierney - Renasia
Gandalf D'jambay - Slin Empyre
Results
First Round
Kyle Gatesman vs
Gandalf D'jambay 0 - 1
James E. Wilary vs
Kyng Fyrst 1 - 0
Joe Foxon vs
Thomas Cassidy 1 - 0
Rebecca Panks vs
Kuri Kabanov 0 - 1
Brandon Kim vs
Jacob Tierney 0 - 1
Parker I vs
Stepan Ignatiev 0 - 1
Tony Asiamah vs
Leon Simpson 0 - 1
Deniz of Pavlov vs
Sovetus 0 - 1
Quarter-finals
Gandalf D'jambay vs
James E. Wilary 0 - 1
Joe Foxon vs
Kuri Kabanov 0 - 1
Jacob Tierney vs
Stepan Ignatiev 0 - 1
Leon Simpson vs
Sovetus 0 - 1
Semi-finals
James E. Wilary vs
Kuri Kabanov 0 - 1
Stepan Ignatiev vs
Sovetus 0 - 1
Third place play-off
James E. Wilary vs
Stepan Ignatiev 0 - 1
Final
Kuri Kabanov vs
Sovetus 0 - 1
Aftermath
By winning a second consecutive championship (see 2010 Intermicronational Chess Championship), Sovetus confirmed his position as the strongest chess player amongst micronations.
It was attempted to hold a successor to this tournament in November 2012, but it ultimately decided that the tournament should be held yearly. The 2013 Micronational Chess Championship is organized by the new, reformed Inter-Micronational Chess Federation.
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