Pakistani Chess Championship

The Pakistani Chess Championship is organized by the Chess Federation of Pakistan. Prior to 1970 four championships were held in West Pakistan without participation by players from East Pakistan. This changed in 1970 with the founding of the Pakistan National Chess Federation, which for the first time incorporated players and executive members from both parts of Pakistan, and the national championship that year was held in Chittagong. In 1977 the name of the organization was changed to the Chess Federation of Pakistan. ^[1] The first Pakistani Women's Chess Championship was held in 2000.

Open championship winners

	Year	Place	Champion [2]
1	1959	Lahore	Shaikh Muhammad Akram
2	1960	Lahore	Shaikh Muhammad Akram
3	1962	Lahore	Abdul Sattar
4	1964	Karachi	Shaikh Muhammad Akram
5	1970	Chittagong	Zahiruddin Farooqui
6	1974	Karachi	Ghulam Dastgir Butt
7	1976	Rawalpindi	Zahiruddin Farooqui
8	1978	Karachi	Zahiruddin Farooqui
9	1979	Karachi	Zahiruddin Farooqui
10	1980	Lahore	Shahzad Mirza
11	1982	Karachi	Mahmood Khan
12	1983	Sargodha	Mahmood Lodhi
13	1984	Quetta	Mahmood Lodhi
14	1985	Karachi	Mahmood Lodhi
15	1986	Sargodha	Mahmood Lodhi
16	1987	Quetta	Mahmood Lodhi
17	1988	Karachi	Mahmood Lodhi
18	1990	Quetta	Mahmood Lodhi
19	1991	Lahore	Tunveer Gillani
20	1993	Karachi	Mahmood Lodhi
21	1997	Peshawar	Shahzad Mirza
22	1998	Quetta	Mahmood Lodhi
23	1999	Lahore	Mahmood Lodhi
24	2004	Lahore	Tunveer Gillani
25	2006	Rawalpindi [3]	Tunveer Gillani [4]
26	2008	Karachi	Mahmood Lodhi [5]
27	2010	Islamabad	Mahmood Lodhi [6]
28	2012	Karachi	Mahmood Lodhi [7]
29	2014	Lahore	Mahmood Lodhi [8]
30	2016	Karachi	Mahmood Lodhi [9]
31	2018	Lahore	Mahmood Lodhi [10]
32	2022	Gilgit	Amer Karim [11]
33	2024	Islamabad	Mafaaz Khalid [12]

Multiple titles:

• 16 titles: IM Mahmood Lodhi
• 4 titles: Zahiruddin Farooqui

• 3 titles: * 3 titles: Tunveer Gillani , Shaikh Muhammad Akram

• 2 titles: IM Shahzad Mirza

Women's championship winners

No.	Year	Place	Champion
1	2000 [13]	Karachi	Zenobia Wasif [14]
2	2010	Islamabad	Nida Mishraz Siddiqui [14]
3	2012	Karachi	Zenobia Wasif [14]
4	2014	Lahore	Zenobia Wasif [15]
5	2016	Karachi	Ghazala [16]
6	2018	Karachi	Zenobia Wasif [17]
7	2022	Gilgit	Mehak Gul [18]
8	2024	Islamabad	Sehba Shah [19]

References

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