Pakistani Chess Championship

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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.

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Open championship winners

YearPlaceChampion [2]
11959 Lahore Shaikh Muhammad Akram
21960 Lahore Shaikh Muhammad Akram
31962 Lahore Abdul Sattar
41964 Karachi Shaikh Muhammad Akram
51970 Chittagong Zahiruddin Farooqui
61974 Karachi Ghulam Dastgir Butt
71976 Rawalpindi Zahiruddin Farooqui
81978 Karachi Zahiruddin Farooqui
91979 Karachi Zahiruddin Farooqui
101980 Lahore Shahzad Mirza
111982 Karachi Mahmood Khan
121983 Sargodha Mahmood Lodhi
131984 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi
141985 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi
151986 Sargodha Mahmood Lodhi
161987 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi
171988 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi
181990 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi
191991 Lahore Tunveer Gillani
201993 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi
211997 Peshawar Shahzad Mirza
221998 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi
231999 Lahore Mahmood Lodhi
242004 Lahore Tunveer Gillani
252006 Rawalpindi [3] Tunveer Gillani [4]
262008 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi [5]
272010 Islamabad Mahmood Lodhi [6]
282012 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi [7]
292014 Lahore Mahmood Lodhi [8]
302016 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi [9]
312018 Lahore Mahmood Lodhi [10]
322022 Gilgit Amer Karim [11]
332024 Islamabad Mafaaz Khalid [12]

Multiple titles:

Women's championship winners

No.YearPlaceChampion
12000 [13] Karachi Zenobia Wasif [14]
22010 Islamabad Nida Mishraz Siddiqui [14]
32012 Karachi Zenobia Wasif [14]
42014 Lahore Zenobia Wasif [15]
52016 Karachi Ghazala [16]
62018 Karachi Zenobia Wasif [17]
72022 Gilgit Mehak Gul [18]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Campeonato de Pakistán" . Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Faraz topples Asad". DAWN . Karachi. 2006-02-15. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  4. ↑ "Two National Masters upstaged on first day: Chess championship". Daily Times . Karachi. 2008-04-25. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
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  10. ↑ "31st Pakistan National Chess Championship 2018". Chess-Results.com.
  11. ↑ "32nd Pakistan National Chess Championship 2022". Chess-Results.com.
  12. ↑ "33nd Pakistan National Chess Championship 2024". Chess-Results.com.
  13. ↑ "National Women Chess to be held after nine years". DAWN . Karachi. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  14. 1 2 3 "Zenobia grabs chess title". DAWN . Karachi. 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  15. ↑ "Final Report of the 4th Pakistan National Women Chess Championship". FIDE. 2014-04-03. Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
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