European Small Nations Tournament

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The European Small Nations Tournament has been a regular team tournament in chess since 2009 . The group of participants largely corresponds to that of the games in the small states of Europe . From 1993 to 1997 there was a comparable country tournament in Monte Carlo .

Event and host

The tournament takes place every two years in one of the participating countries. It is played as a team tournament on four boards. Each team plays against each other during the tournament.

Organizers are the professional associations of the participating countries. The European Chess Union supports the event. A forerunner of the event is a tournament that was held in Monte Carlo from 1993 to 1997 on the initiative of the Monaco Chess Federation and financed by the chess patron Joop van Oosterom . In 2009, the San Marino Chess Federation revived the tournament series.

Participating teams

Since 2009, the tournament has had ten teams from the following chess associations:

In addition to European teams, teams from Aruba, the Seychelles and the Netherlands Antilles also took part in the previous tournament.

Events and results

1993 to 1997

year host 1st place place 2 place 3
1 1993 Monte Carlo San MarinoSan Marino San Marino AndorraAndorra Andorra Netherlands AntillesNetherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles
2 1995 Monte Carlo LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein AndorraAndorra Andorra Netherlands AntillesNetherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles
3 1997 Monte Carlo AndorraAndorra Andorra MonacoMonaco Monaco Netherlands AntillesNetherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles

Since 2009

year host 1st place place 2 place 3
1 2009 Andorra la Vella FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands AndorraAndorra Andorra LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg
2 2011 Klaksvík LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands MonacoMonaco Monaco
3 2013 Monte Carlo FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands AndorraAndorra Andorra MonacoMonaco Monaco
4th 2015 Saint Peter Port LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg MonacoMonaco Monaco FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands
5 2017 Andorra la Vella FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands MonacoMonaco Monaco AndorraAndorra Andorra
6th 2019 San Marino AndorraAndorra Andorra MonacoMonaco Monaco FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands

Sporty value

The participating countries usually send their best players in the sense of a national team. Since they do not occupy a top position in international chess, the level of play is lower than that of the Mitropa Cup . However, there is usually the participation of a few grandmasters and numerous international masters .

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