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1st NATO-Chess Championship - 23-27.10.1989 - Hammelburg, Germany

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 24 Michaelsen, Niels FM GER 7
Canada 2.USA 17,5 Werner, Marc FM GER 6
Denmark 3.Belgium 17,5 Schlösser, Phillip IM GER 5,5
France 4.Norway 17 Dr. Hofstetter, H.J. GER 5,5
Germany 5.Italy 16,5 Benedetti, Fabrizio IT 5
Italy 6.The Netherlands 16,0 Munzert, Marcus GER 5
Luxembourg 7.United Kingdom 16,0 Becker, Marc GER 5
Netherlands 8.France 13,5 Høidahl, Erik NOR 5
Norway 9.Luxembourg 2,5 Tate, Emory USA 4,5
United Kingdom 10.Denmark 2,0 Tommasini, Enzo IT 4,5
USA 11.Canada 1,0 Wölk, Siegfried GER 4,5
Tournament directors: Otto Graf von Ibenfeldt, Norway, international arbiter of the FIDE Wolfgang Berger, GER, national arbiter of the DSB
Patronage: The NATO Secretary-General Dr. Manfred Wörner

2nd NATO-Chess Championship - 21-27.10.1990 - Oslo, Norway

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 20,5 Deleyn, Gunter FM BEL 5,5
Germany 2.Norway 20,5 Reite, J. NOR 5,5
Italy 3.Italy 17,0 Hoffmann, M. GER 5,5
Luxembourg 4.Netherlands 16,0 Weischede, T. GER 5
Netherlands 5.USA 16,0 Mischustov, M. FM GER 5
Norway 6.Belgium 15,0 Høidahl, Erik NOR 5
Turkey 7.United Kingdom 14,0 Staiger, F. GER 5
United Kingdom 8.Turkey 9,0 Fossan, E. NOR 5
USA 9.Luxembourg 2,5 Moen, Steinar NOR 5
Tournament directors: Otto Graf von Ibenfeldt, Norway, international arbiter of the FIDE W.Berger, GER, national arbiter of the DSB
Patronage: General Sir Patrick Palmer, Commander in Chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe (BE)
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) teamscore: 8 players

3rd NATO-Chess Championship - 12-18.08.1991 - Cranwell, United Kingdom

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 23,5 Lücke, N. GER 6,5
France 2.Netherlands 18,5 Troyke, C. GER 6
Germany 3.Italy 17,5 Gabriel, R. GER 5,5
Italy 4.Norway 17,0 Müller, K. FM GER 5,5
Netherlands 5.France 17,0 van Esch, S. NED 5
Norway 6.USA 16,5 Duin, Richard NED 5
United Kingdom 7.Belgium 14,0 Schmidt-Schäffer, S. GER 5
USA 8.United Kingdom 13,5 Szczepanski, O. GER 5
9.NATO 9 Heinis, V. FRA 5
Tournament directors: Otto Graf von Ibenfeldt, Norway, international arbiter of the FIDE W.Berger, GER, national arbiter of the DSB
Patronage: Air Vice-Marshal R. M. Austin, Commandant of the RAF College, Cranwell
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) teamscore: 4 players
Special event: Simultaneous competiton on 26 boards against IGM J. Speelman, UK. Result: 17:9 points

4th NATO-Chess Championship - 16-20.11.1992 - Münster Handorf, Germany

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 20,5 Lingnau, Carsten GER 6
Denmark 2.Netherlands 19,5 Krudde, Fitzgerald NED 5,5
France 3.Norway 17,5 Plüg, Andreas GER 5,5
Germany 4.USA 17,5 Arlandi, Ennio IT 5
Italy 5.Italy 16,0 Vervust, Johan BEL 5
Luxembourg 6.France 16,0 Grotnes, Niels NOR 5
Netherlands 7.Belgium 15,5 van Doorn, R. NED 5
Norway 8.United Kingdom 13,5 Salaun, Yann FRA 5
United Kingdom 9.Denmark 9 Egeli, Per Ove NOR 5
USA 10.Luxembourg 2,0 Moore, Bobby USA 5
Tournament directors: Wolfgang Berger, GER, national arbiter of the DSB Otto Graf von Ibenfeldt, Norway,international Arbiter of the FIDE
Patronage: Mrs Ingrid Roitzsch, State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Germany
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) Teamscore: 8 players

5th NATO-Chess Championship - 28.11-02.12.1994 - Breda, Netherlands

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Norway 19,5 van der Linden, Lucas NED 6
Denmark 2.Netherlands 19 Koch, J.R. IM FR 6
France 3.Denmark 18,5 Grotnes, Niels FM NOR 5,5
Germany 4.Germany 18 Borbjerggaard, L. DK 5,5
Italy 5.United Kingdom 17,5 Fuhrmann, D. GER 5
Netherlands 6.France 15,5 Brameld, A.F. UK 5
Norway 7.Belgium 15,5 Moen, Steinar NOR 5
United Kingdom 8.Italy 14 Smeele, Pieter NED 4,5
USA 9.USA 13,5 Benedetti, Fabrizio IT 4,5
International Team 10.International Team 10 Homann GER 4,5
Special event: Flash tournament with 37 participants
  • 1.Borbjerggaard, DK, 5
  • 2.Koch, J.R. IM, FR, 4,5
  • 3.Homann, S., GER, 4,5
  • 4.Eqeli, P. 0., NOR, 4
  • 5.Deleyn, G., BEL, 3,5
  • 6.v.d.Linden, L., NL, 3
  • 7.Tommasini, E., ITA, 2,5
Tournament directors: Wolfgang Berger, GER, national arbiter of the DSB, Otto von Ibenfeldt, Norway, international Arbiter of the FIDE
Patronage: Brigadegeneral b.d. drs. H. Steffers, (rtd.) chairman of the International Chess Committee, Netherlands

6th NATO-Chess Championship - 05-11.11.1995 - Gausdal, Norway

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Netherlands 21,5 Jonkman, Harmen FM NED 6,5
Denmark 2.Germany 19 Wiegner, D. GER 5
France 3.Norway 16,5 Grotnes, Niels FM NOR 5
Germany 4.USA 15 van der Linden, Lucas NED 5
Netherlands 5.France 14,5 de Waal, Mark NED 5
Norway 6.United Kingdom 14,5 Ludden, Gert Jan NED 5
United Kingdom 7.Denmark 14 Silva, J.L. USA 5
USA 8.Belgium 13,5 Heisel, G. GER 5
Special event: Flash tournament with 31 participants
  • 1.Egeli, NOR, 6,5
  • 2.Hammond, UK, 5
  • 3.Silva, USA, 4
  • 4.Ortoft, NOR, 4
  • 5.Minciotti, FRA, 3,5
Tournament directors: Wolfgang Berger, GER, national arbiter of the DSB, Otto Graf von Ibenfeldt, Norway,international Arbiter of the FIDE
Patronage: General A. Solli, Chief of Defence, Norway

7th NATO-Chess Championship - 18-22.11.1996 - Viborg, Denmark

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Netherlands 18,0 Hammond, Andy UK 6
Denmark 2.Belgium 18,0 Wantiez, Fabrice BEL 6
France 3.United Kingdom 16,5 Ludden, Gert Jan NED 5
Netherlands 4.France 16 de Cat, Ben BEL 5
United Kingdom 5.Denmark 15 Chevrier, T. FR 4,5
USA 6.USA 14 Delforge, Guy BEL 4,5
Special event: Flash tournament
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Tournament directors: Finn Stuhr, DEN, Poul Frausing, DEN international Arbiter of the FIDE
Patronage: Colonel J.C. Lund, Commander of Prince Life Regiment
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) Teamscore: 4 players

8th NATO-Chess Championship - 09 - 15.11.1997 - Apt, France

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 21 Geberl, H.-W. GER 6
Denmark 2.France 17,5 Schott, Guido GER 5,5
France 3.Denmark 17 Toumaniantz, Rouslan FR 5
Germany 4.United Kingdom 16,5 Wantiez, Fabrice BEL 5
Netherlands 5.USA 15 Hamann, C. GER 5
Italy 6.Netherlands 15 Hammond, Andy UK 4,5
United Kingdom 7.Belgium 15 Zill, C. GER 4,5
USA 8.Italy 13 Pedersen, Jacob DK 4,5
Special event: Flash tournament with
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Tournament directors: M. Stephen Boyd
Patronage: Ingénieur Général R. Reymond, M. Cavaillé, President du comité d`organisation
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) Teamscore: 4 players

9th NATO-Chess Championship - 05-11.11.1998 - Porthmouth, England

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 21,5 Gross GER 6,5
Denmark 2.France 17,5 Grund GER 5,5
France 3.Netherlands 17,5 Ludden, Gert Jan NED 5,5
Germany 4.Italy 16,5 Toumaniantz, Rouslan FR 5
Netherlands 5.Denmark 15 van Zandwijk, Jan Peter NED 5
Italy 6.USA 15 Zill, C. GER 5
United Kingdom 7.United Kingdom 14,5 Wantiez, Fabrice BEL 4,5
USA 8.Belgium 13 Hammond, Andy UK 4,5
Special event: Flash tournament
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Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) Teamscore: 4 players

10th NATO-Chess Championship - 1999 - Stetten Am Kalten Markt, Germany

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 20,5 Gustafsson, Jan GER 6,5
Denmark 2.Netherlands 19,5 Lipinsky, Fabian GER 5,5
France 3.France 18,0 Kesmaecker, Phillipe FR 5,5
Germany 4.Italy 17,4 van Zandwijk, Jan Peter NED 5
Netherlands 5.Belgium 16,5 Toumaniantz, Rouslan FR 5
Norway 6.Denmark 15,0 Engelen, Johan NED 5
United Kingdom 7.United Kingdom 14,0 Pieters, Minko NED 5
USA 8.Turkey 13,0 Pedersen, Jacob DK 4,5
9.USA 13,0 Dunlop, Chris UK 4,5
Special event: Flash tournament
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Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) Teamscore: 4 players

11th NATO-Chess Championship - 23-27.10.2000 - Leopoldsburg, Belgium
Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 21,5 Döttling, Fabian GER 6,5
Denmark 2.France 18 Mensch, Etienne FRA 5,5(31,0)
France 3.Italy 17,5 Helbig, Mark GER 5,5(30,5)
Germany 4.Turkey 16,5 Petersen, Jacob DEN 5,5(27,0)
Netherlands 5.Belgium 16 Benedetti, Fabrizio ITA 5,0
Turkey 6.Netherlands 15,5 Corvi, Marco ITA 5,0
United Kingdom 7.Denmark 15 Dreesen, Jan GER 5,0
USA 8.USA 15 Toumaniantz, Rouslan FRA 5,0
Italy 9 United Kingdom 12,5 Deleyn, Gunter BEL 4,5
Sirch, Franz GER 4,5
Neubauer, Andreas GER 4,5

Special event: Flash tournament

  • 1.Hammond, A., UK, 8,5 (47,5)
  • 2.Wantiez, F., BEL, 8,5 (46,5)
  • 3.Renette, H., BEL, 8
  • 4.Corvi, M., BEL, 7,5
  • 5.Falbo, A., ITA, 7,5

Tournament directors: Adjudant D. Vercauteren
Patronage: Colonel J. Gooris, Chairman of the Belgian Military Chess Committee
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) Teamscore: 4 players

12th NATO-Chess Championship - 08-12.10.2001 - Sanremo, Italy

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 20,0 Bontempi, P. ITA 5,5(31,5)
Denmark 2.Italy 19,5 Schenk, Andreas GER 5,5(31,0)
France 3.Nederlands 18,0 Deleyn, Gunter BEL 5,5(30,5)
Germany 4.Belgium 17,0 Mai, Phillip GER 5,5(29,0)
Netherlands 5.France 16,5 Donati Roberto ITA 5,0
Italy 6.USA 15,5 Stork, Ornett NED 5,0
United Kingdom 7.Turkey 14,5 Cooper, Lawrence UK 5,0
USA 8.Denmark 14,0 Benedetti, Fabrizio ITA 5,0
Turkey 9.United Kingdom 12,5 Van Zandwijk, Jan Peter NED 5,0
Nato (International Team) 14,5 Helbig, Mark GER 5,0
Special event: Flash tournament
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Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) Teamscore: 4 players

13th NATO-Chess Championship - 07-12.10.2002 - Brest, France

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 20,5 Helbig, Mark GER 6
Denmark 2.USA 18 Hammond, Andy UK 6
France 3.Norway 17,5 Hersvik, Daniel NOR 5,5
Germany 4.France 17,5 Borchgrevink, Harald NOR 5
Netherlands 5.United Kingdom 17,5 Victoria, N. USA 5
Norway 6.Poland 15,5 Cooper, Lawrence UK 5
United Kingdom 7.Turkey 15,5 Grafl, Florian GER 5
USA 8.Netherlands 15 Fiedler, H. GER 5
Poland 9.Italy 14,5 Wantiez, Fabrice BEL 5
Turkey 10.Canada 14,5 Tia, Rudy USA 5
Italy 11.NATO 13,5
Canada 12.Belgium 13,5
13.Denmark 13
Special event: Flash tournament with 31 participants
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Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) Teamscore: 4 players


14th NATO-Chess Championship - 08-12.09.2003 - Høvelte, Denmark

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 21 Borchgrevink, Harald NOR 6
Denmark 2.Poland 20,5 Seel, Christian GER 6
France 3.Norway 20 Skindzier, S. POL 5,5
Germany 4.Belgium 16,5 Helbig, Mark GER 5
Netherlands 5.Veterans 15,5 Ekeberg, C.F. NOR 5
Norway 6.Italy 15,5 Lokasto, A. POL 5
United Kingdom 7.Netherlands 15 Cooper, Lawrence UK 5
USA 8.France 15 Ludden, Gert Jan VET 5
Poland 9.Turkey 15 Wantiez, Fabrice BEL 5
Turkey 10.United Kingdom 14,5 Bieluszewski, P. POL 5
Italy 11.USA 14,5
Canada 12.Denmark 14
13.NATO 13,5
14.CANADA 9

Tournament directors:
Patronage: Finn Stuhr, Chairman of the Danish Military Chess Committee
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/singlescore) Teamscore: 4 players

15th NATO Chess Championship 08-14.08.2004 - The Hague, The Netherlands

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 21 Drabke, Lorenz Maximilian GER 6,5
Canada 2.Poland 19 Przedmoiski, Rafal POL 5,5
Belgium 3.Norway 18,5 Hammond, Andy UK 5,5
France 4.France 17,5 Kraft, Matthias GER 5,5
Germany 5.United Kingdom 16,5 Cooper, Lawrence UK 5
Italy 6.The Netherlands 16 Bon, Michel FRA 5
Norway 7.Belgium 15,5 Csolto, Robert SVK 5
Poland 8.Italy 15,5 Hole, Oystein NOR 5
Slovakia 9.Denmark 15,5 Nielsen, René Ole DEN 5
The Netherlands 10.Slovakia 14,5 Skindzier, Saturnin POL 4,5
Turkey 11.Turkey 14,5
United Kingdom 12.USA 14,5
USA 13.NATO 11,5
14.Canada 10,5

Special event: Flash tournament with 41 participants
  • 1. Helbig, Mark, GER, 9
  • 2. Drabke, Lorenz Maximilin, GER, 8
  • 3. Kovarcik, Thomas, FRA, 8
  • 4. Nill, Oliver, GER, 8
  • 5. Bon, Michael, FRA, 7,5
  • 6. Stork, Ornett, NED, 7,5
  • 7. Przedmoiski, Rafal, POL, 7
  • 8. Bruns, Michael, USA, 7
  • 9. van Run, Rieke, NED, 7

Tournament directors: LtCol Johan Engelen, Capt Jan den Besten, Hen Blikman, International arbiter Jos Pots, National arbiter Luc Cornet
Patronage: Air Cdre Huub van Dillen, Co-ordinator International Military Sport, Air Cdre G.H.A. Schrijver, Director Netherlands Defence College (IDL).
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/single score) Teamscore: 4 players

Results

Individual ranking

Team ranking

Bulletins



16th NATO Chess Championship 21-27.08.2005 - Kolobrzeg, Poland

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 22,5 Schenk, Andreas GER 6,5
Denmark 2.Poland 20 Helbig, Mark GER 6
France 3.United Kingdom 18,5 Przedmoiski, Rafal POL 5,5
Germany 4.France 17,5 Drabke, Lorenz GER 5,5
Italy 5.USA 17,5 Bon, Michael FRA 5
Latvia 6.Italy 16,5 Benedetti, Fabrizio ITA 5
Lithuania 7.The Netherlands 16,5 Pioch, Zygmunt POL 5
Poland 8.Denmark 15,5 Hammond, Andrew ENG 5
Spain 9.Turkey 15 Rau, Hannes GER 5
The Netherlands 10.Latvia 14,5 Skindzier, Saturnin POL 5
Turkey 11.NATO 13,5 Victoria, Narciso F. USA 5
United Kingdom 12.Belgium 13
USA 13.Spain 13
14.Lithuania 11,5

Special event: Flash tournament with 46 participants

  • 1. Karbowiak, Adam, POL, 14,5
  • 2. Drabke, Lorenz, GER, 13,5
  • 3. Bieluszewski, Piotr, 13
  • 4. van Run, Rieke, NED, 10
  • 5. Mottais, François, FRA, 9,5
  • 6. Bon, Michel, FRA, 9
  • 7. Hasinski, Krystian, POL, 9
  • 8. Nielsen, Henrik, DEN, 8,5
  • 9. Laizans, Aivars, LAT, 8,5
  • 10. Vaitiekunas, Vilius, LTU, 8,5

Tournament directors: LtCol Tomasz Malinowski, Leading arbiter Luc Cornet, National arbiter Barbara Ryszkiewicz
Patronage:
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/single score) Teamscore: 4 players

Individual ranking

Team ranking


17th NATO Chess Championship 20-26.08.2006 - Berkshire, England

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
Belgium 1.Germany 23 Schenk, Andreas GER 6
Denmark 2.Poland 18 Fiebig, Thomas GER 6
France 3.Norway 18 Drabke, Lorenz GER 5,5
Germany 4.Turkey 17 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 5,5
Lithuania 5.France 16,5 Hole, Oystein NOR 5
Norway 6.United Kingdom 16 Przedmojski, Rafal POL 5
Poland 7.Denmark 15,5 Nurkiewicz POL 5
Spain 8.USA 15,5 Bon, Michael FRA 5
The Netherlands 9.NATO 14 Sorbe, Stéphane FRA 5
Turkey 10.Belgium 13,5 Wantiez, Fabrice BEL 5
United Kingdom 11.Spain 13 Narman, Gökhan TUR 4,5
USA 12.Lithuania 13 Moen, Steinar NOR 4,5
NATO 13.The Netherlands 11,5 Cooper, Lawrence UK 4,5

Special event: Flash tournament with 55 participants

  • 1. Schenk, Andreas, GER, 10
  • 2. Helbig, Mark, GER, 9
  • 3. Drabke, Lorenz, GER, 8,5
  • 4. Sorbe, Stéphane, FRA, 8
  • 5. Paehtz, Elisabeth, GER, 7,5
  • 6. Nurkiewicz, Maciej, POL, 7
  • 7. Wittmann, Jochen, GER, 7
  • 8. Sypien, Mateusz, POL, 7
  • 9. Skindzier, Saturnin, POL, 7
  • 10. Sari, Serdar, TUR, 7

Tournament directors: Sgt Alec Toll, Leading arbiter Luc Cornet
Patronage: Commodore Laurie Brokenshire CBE, dr. Anthony Seldon, MA, PhD, FRSA, MBA, FRHisS
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/single score) Teamscore: 4 players


18th NATO Chess Championship 02-08.09.2007 - Ankara, Turkey

Competing nations Final listing Points Best players Country Points
France 1.Germany 21 Vaznonis, Vytautas LIT 6
Germany 2.Poland 17,5 Helbig, Mark GER 5,5
Lithuania 3.Netherlands 17,5 Mai, Philipp GER 5,5
NATO 4.France 17 Carrascoso, Abel SPA 5
Netherlands 5.Turkey 16 Sypien, Mateusz POL 5
Norway 6.Norway 16 Drabke, Lorenz GER 5
Poland 7.Lithuania 15,5 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 5
Spain 8.USA 14,5 Hole, Oystein NOR 5
Turkey 9.NATO 13,5 Bon, Michel FRA 4,5
United Kingdom 10.Spain 13 van Rijn, Wouter NED 4,5
USA 11.UK 13 Schott, Guido GER 4,5

Special event: Flash tournament with 53 participants, 6 rounds

  • 1. Vaznonis, Vytautas, LIT, 6
  • 2. Hole, Oystein, NOR, 5
  • 3. Drabke, Lorenz, GER, 5
  • 4. van Rijn, Wouter, NED, 5
  • 5. Helbig, Mark, GER, 5
  • 6. Sypien, Mateusz, POL, 4,5
  • 7. Ola, Nathaniel, USA, 4
  • 8. Mai, Philipp, GER, 4
  • 9. Paehtz, Elisabeth, GER, 4
  • 10. Cihangir, Hulusi, TUR, 4

Tournament directors: kol Vedat Ünsal Tütüncü, Leading arbiter ??
Patronage: majgen M. Tayfun Yildiz, base commander; briggen Ergun Koçak, President of the organising committee
Modus: 7 rounds Swiss system, (team/single score) Teamscore: 4 players

Future tournaments

2008: Belgium, Peutie (?)

2009: Germany (confirmed)

2010: Denmark (?)

2011: Lithuania

2012: Spain (?)