The Yugoslav Chess Championship is a tournament with great tradition, held to determine the national champion. It was a very strong event especially in the period 1945–1991, when it represented players from six federal republics, today independent countries.
Since 1992, the Yugoslav championship no longer represented the players from four newly independent countries – Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia. As the country changed name, since 2003, the Yugoslav Chess Championship was renamed to "Chess Championship of Serbia and Montenegro". Starting from 2007, after Montenegro left the state union with Serbia, it is a Serbian Chess Championship. Serbia is a successor of former Yugoslavia. There was no championship in the years 2003 and 2004.
Read more about Yugoslav Chess Championship: Winners List (Men), Winners List (Women), Crosstable
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