The Guatemalan Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Guatemala. Following are the official winners of the national competition from 1923 to date.
Manuel Golmayo y de la Torriente was a Cuban-Spanish chess master.
Antonio Ángel Medina García was a Spanish chess master.
In the second part of the 19th century, Celso Golmayo Zúpide had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre. In 1912–1937 Cuban Championship as Copa Dewar occurred. Maria Teresa Mora was the first woman who won Copa Dewar in 1922.
Naturally, chess is a hobby, but it is also a teacher of reason, and the countries that have good chess teams also lead the world in other more important spheres.
Following are the official winners of the national Colombian Chess Championships from 1928 to date. The first Colombian Men's Championship was held in Cali in 1928, and first Women's Championship in Bogotá in 1965.
Francisco José Pérez Pérez was a Spanish/Cuban chess player. Born in Vigo, Spain, he won the Spanish Chess Championship in 1948, 1954, and 1960. He played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads of 1958 and 1960 and in the 1961 European Team Chess Championship.
The Panamanian Chess Championship is the individual national chess championship of Panama. The first edition was played in 1945 and won by Rubén Darío Cabrera. It was originally a biennial event, and from 1945 to 1961 six championships were played, and from 1962 to 1971 eight championships. From 1972 to 1976, it was held annually, but the tournament of 1977 never finished because the beginning of a long schism in Panamanian chess. From 1978 to 1988, it was again held annually.
Bernardo Roselli Mailhe a Uruguayan chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1994.
The first Venezuelan Chess Championship took place in February 1891 when Dr. Rafael Ruíz defeated Rafael Pittaluga in a match for the title. In the second match, Rafael Ruíz drew with Carlos Perret Gentil in 1894.
The Dominican Chess Championship is currently organized by the Dominican Chess Federation, whose current incarnation dates back to 1965. The first national championship was held in 1926 and the first women's championship was held in 1977.
The national chess championship of Mexico has been organized annually since 1973 by FENAMAC, the Mexican chess federation. Known since 1997 as the National Absolute Championship and previously as the National Closed Championship, it was initially organized as a round-robin tournament. However, several editions in the 1990s were organized as a series of elimination matches, and the championship is currently run as a Swiss-system tournament. In some years it serves as a qualifying stage for the FIDE World Chess Championship and is designated as sub-Zonal tournament 2.3.1 in such cases. A different tournament is the Mexican Open Championship, which is not limited to Mexican nationals and has been held annually since 1954.
The chess championship of El Salvador is organized by the Salvadoran Chess Federation, and was first held in 1946. FIDE Master Boris Pineda has won the title a record eight times. A separate Salvadoran Women's Chess Championship has also been held annually since 1993.
The Bolivian Chess Championship is organized by the Bolivian Chess Federation.
Celia Barrios Mazariegos de Reina was the mother of President José María Reina Barrios and the 1st First Mother of Guatemala, and the sister of President Justo Rufino Barrios.
José Fernández Migoya was a Cuban chess player. He was the winner of the Cuban Chess Championship in 1923. The national chess tournament Migoya In Memoriam, is named after him. Migoya was born in 1900 in Pinar del Río and died on 11 July 1968 in Camagüey, Cuba.
Carlos Armando Juárez Flores is a Guatemalan chess International Master (IM) since 1987 and a FIDE master (FM) since 1983, and his highest rating was 2435. He is ranked best player in Guatemala.
Jose Daniel Gemy is a Bolivian chess International Master since 2012, and a FIDE Master since 2010. His highest rating was 2418 and he is ranked 2nd in Bolivia.
Gildardo García was a Colombian chess player.
Silvia Carolina Mazariegos is a Guatemalan Woman International Master (WIM) since 1987. Her higheat rating was 2135 and she is ranked as Guatemala's 2nd best female player.
Guillermo Vassaux, full name Guillermo Enrique Vassaux Estévez, was a Guatemalan chess player, teacher, and writer, and fourteen-time winner of the Guatemalan Chess Championship from 1934 to 1973.
The Nicaraguan Chess Championship is currently organized by FENANIC, the national chess federation of Nicaragua. After the first championship was held as a match in 1956, subsequent editions have been held as tournaments in multiple categories, with the winner of the top category becoming the national champion.