Pan American Chess Championship

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The Pan American Chess Championship, also American Continental Championship is an individual chess tournament organized since 1945. It is often a qualifier for the FIDE World Cup.

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First pan American championships (1945 and 1954)

The first Pan American Chess Championship was held in Hollywood, 28 July – 12 August 1945. The line-up was as follows:

The second championship was held in 1954 in Los Angeles and was an open tournament. [2]

Winners

Pan American Championship

#YearCityWinner
1*1945 Hollywood Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  Samuel Reshevsky  (USA)
2*1954Los AngelesFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  Arthur Bisguier  (USA)
3*1958 Bogotá Flag of Argentina.svg  Oscar Panno  (ARG)
4*1963 Havana Flag of Cuba.svg  Eleazar Jiménez  (CUB)
5*1966HavanaFlag of Cuba.svg Eleazar Jiménez (CUB)
6*1968 Cárdenas Flag of Cuba.svg  Silvino García Martínez  (CUB)
7*1970HavanaFlag of Cuba.svg Eleazar Jiménez (CUB)
11974 Winnipeg Flag of the United States.svg  Walter Browne  (USA)
21977 Santa Cruz Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Herman Claudius Van Riemsdijk  (BRA)
31981 San Pedro Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Zenon Franco  (PAR)
41987 La Paz Flag of Argentina.svg  Pablo Ricardi  (ARG)
51988HavanaFlag of Cuba.svg  Juan Borges  (CUB)
6 ? ?
7 ? ?
81998 San Felipe Flag of the United States.svg  Alexander Ivanov  (USA)

American Continental Chess Championship

The American Continental Chess Championship qualified in 2001 and 2003 the top seven players for the FIDE World Championships. From 2005, this tournament has been played as a qualifier for the World Cup stage of the World Championship. The number of players who qualified changed in the various editions. In 2005, the top seven players qualified for the Chess World Cup 2005. In 2014 and 2015 the top four earned a spot in the Chess World Cup 2015.

#YearCityWinner
12001 Cali Flag of the United States.svg  Alex Yermolinsky  (USA)
22003 Buenos Aires Flag of the United States.svg  Alexander Goldin  (USA)
32005Buenos AiresFlag of Cuba.svg  Lázaro Bruzón  (CUB)
42007CaliFlag of Peru.svg  Julio Granda  (PER)
*2008 Boca Raton Flag of the United States.svg  Jaan Ehlvest  (USA)
52009 São Paulo Flag of the United States.svg  Alexander Shabalov  (USA)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Fidel Corrales Jimenez  (CUB) [3]
*2010CaliFlag of Colombia.svg Sergio Andres Sanabria Rangel (COL)
62011 Toluca Flag of Cuba.svg Lázaro Bruzón (CUB)
72012 Mar del Plata Flag of Peru.svg  Julio Granda  (PER)
82013 Cochabamba Flag of Peru.svg  Julio Granda  (PER)
92014 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Flag of Peru.svg  Julio Granda  (PER)
102015 Montevideo Flag of Argentina.svg  Sandro Mareco  (ARG)
112016 San Salvador Flag of Peru.svg  Emilio Córdova  (PER)
122017 Medellín Flag of the United States.svg  Samuel Sevian  (USA)
132018 Montevideo Flag of the United States.svg  Samuel Shankland  (USA)
142019 São Paulo Flag of Venezuela.svg  Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli  (VEN)
152022 San Salvador Flag of the United States.svg  Timur Gareyev  (USA)
162023 Juan Dolio Flag of Uruguay.svg  Georg Meier  (URU)

*Note: 2008 and 2010 editions' official name was Campeonato Panamericano-Continental, instead of Campeonato Continental de las Americas as the others.

American Continental Women's Championship

The American Continental Women's Chess Championship serves as a qualifier for the knockout Women's World Chess Championship.

#YearCityWinner
12001 Mérida Flag of Cuba.svg  Sulennis Piña Vega  (CUB)
22003 San Cristobal Flag of the United States.svg  Rusudan Goletiani  (USA)
32005 Guatemala Flag of Cuba.svg Sulennis Piña Vega (CUB)
42007 Potrero de los Funes Flag of Venezuela.svg  Sarai Sanchez Castillo  (VEN)
52009 Cali Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Martha Fierro  (ECU)
62011 Guayaquil Flag of Peru.svg  Deysi Cori  (PER)
72014 Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg  Carolina Luján  (ARG)
82016 Lima Flag of Peru.svg  Deysi Cori  (PER)
92017 Villa Martelli Flag of Peru.svg  Deysi Cori  (PER)
102018 Envigado Flag of Peru.svg  Deysi Cori  (PER)
112019 Aguascalientes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Maili-Jade Ouellet  (CAN)
122022
132023 La Habana Flag of Argentina.svg  Candela Francisco Guecamburu  (ARG)

Pan American Women's Championship

#YearCityWinner
11980CórdobaFlag of Argentina.svg  Edith Soppe  (ARG)
21996BogotáFlag of Cuba.svg Vivian Ramón (CUB)
31997MéridaFlag of Argentina.svg  Claudia Amura  (ARG)
41998San FelipeFlag of Argentina.svg Sabina Hernández Penna (ARG)
51999San FelipeFlag of Mexico.svg Yadira Hernández (MEX)
62000MéridaFlag of Cuba.svg  Maritza Arribas Robaina  (CUB)
72006San SalvadorFlag of Cuba.svg  Sulennis Piña Vega  (CUB)
82008San SalvadorFlag of Cuba.svg  Zirka Frometa  (CUB)
92010CampinasFlag of Cuba.svg Yanira Vigoa (CUB)
102012MontevideoFlag of Ecuador.svg  Carla Heredia Serrano  (ECU)
112014PalmiraFlag of Colombia.svg Beatriz Franco (COL)
122016 Manzanillo, Colima Flag of Peru.svg  Deysi Cori  (PER)

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References

Notes

  1. Hollywood 1945 Pan-American Championship BrasilBase
  2. Wall, Bill. "California Chess in the 1950s" . Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. There was no playoff to determine the winner: Chessdom report, blog of the official website
  4. "Bienvenido a la Asociacion Sanluiseña de Ajedrez".
  5. ChessBase report (in Spanish)

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