Pan American Junior Chess Championship

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The Pan American Junior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament open to players in the Americas who are under 20 years of age. The tournament has been held since 1974 with occasional interruptions. Beginning in 1995, a separate championship for girls has been held concurrently with the open championship.

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The reigning champion is Annie Wang, who was the first girl to win any of the gender-unrestricted continental under-20 championships.

Competition

The championships are organized by national federations affiliated with the Confederation of Chess for America (CCA). They are open to chess players who are under 20 years of age as of 1 January of the year in which the championship is held. [1] The tournament format has varied over the years depending on the number of participants; since 2004, the open championship has been a nine-round Swiss-system tournament. [2]

The winners of the open and girls' championships earn the right to participate in the next year's World Junior Chess Championships. [3] In the open championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Grandmaster title. In the girls' championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the Woman International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Woman Grandmaster title. [4]

Results

Open championship

YearVenueWinnerPlayers [5]
1974 San Juan, Puerto Rico Flag of Colombia.svg  Gildardo García  (COL)16
1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina Flag of Brazil.svg  Jaime Sunye Neto  (BRA)10
1977 São Paulo, Brazil Flag of Argentina.svg  Miguel Bernat  (ARG)12
1978 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Flag of Chile.svg  Javier Campos Moreno  (CHI)7
1979 Mercedes, Argentina Flag of Chile.svg  Iván Morovic  (CHI)9
1980 Córdoba, Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg  Marcelo Tempone  (ARG)9
1981 San Pedro de Jujuy, Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg  Rodolfo Garbarino  (ARG)13
1982 Buenos Aires, Argentina Flag of Brazil.svg  Sandro Heleno Trindade  (BRA)12
1984 Lima, Peru Flag of Peru.svg  Julio Granda  (PER)16
1985 Saladillo, Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg  Carlos Boissonet  (ARG)14
1986 Quito, Ecuador Flag of Cuba.svg  Walter Arencibia  (CUB)16
1987 Asunción, Paraguay Flag of Mexico.svg  Roberto Martín del Campo  (MEX)19
1988 Oaxaca, Mexico Flag of Cuba.svg  Pedro Paneque Martín  (CUB)14
1989 Asunción, Paraguay Flag of Uruguay.svg  Andrés Rodríguez Vila  (URU)14
1990 Merlo, Argentina Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Gustavo Hernández  (DOM)18
1991 Bariloche, Argentina Flag of Brazil.svg  Roberto Watanabe  (BRA)15
1992 ? ?N/A
1993 Rancagua, Chile Flag of Brazil.svg  Giovanni Vescovi  (BRA)14
1994 Santiago, Chile Flag of Argentina.svg  Maximiliano Ginzburg  (ARG)18
1995 Santiago, Chile Flag of Brazil.svg  Rafael Leitão  (BRA)22
1996 Trujillo, Peru Flag of Argentina.svg  Diego Pereyra  (ARG)30
1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg  Fernando Peralta  (ARG)28
1998 Margarita Island, Venezuela Flag of Brazil.svg  Giovanni Vescovi  (BRA)34
1999 Santiago, Chile Flag of Argentina.svg  Martin Labollita  (ARG)25
2000 Macas, Ecuador Flag of Argentina.svg  Rubén Felgaer  (ARG)23
2001 Yucay, Peru Flag of Argentina.svg  Rubén Felgaer  (ARG)21
2002 La Paz, Bolivia Flag of Venezuela.svg  Rafael Prasca Sosa  (VEN)19
2003 Botucatu, Brazil Flag of the United States.svg  Dmitry Schneider  (USA)16
2004 Guayaquil, Ecuador Flag of Argentina.svg  Pablo Lafuente  (ARG)15
2005 Cali, Colombia Flag of Argentina.svg  Leandro Perdomo  (ARG)55
2006 Bogotá, Colombia Flag of Venezuela.svg  Eduardo Iturrizaga  (VEN)30
2007 Riobamba, Ecuador Flag of the United States.svg  Robert Hungaski  (USA)25
2008 Cali, Colombia Flag of Argentina.svg  Damian Lemos  (ARG)46
2009 Montevideo, Uruguay Flag of the United States.svg  Ray Robson  (USA)34
2010 Cali, Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg  Camilo Ríos Cristhian  (COL)33
2011 Durán, Ecuador Flag of Argentina.svg  Leandro Krysa  (ARG)42
2012 São Paulo, Brazil Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Jose Daniel Gemy  (BOL)54
2013 Bogotá, Colombia Flag of Ecuador.svg  Cristhian Barros Rivadeneira  (ECU)39
2014 Asunción, Paraguay Flag of Chile.svg  Cristobal Henriquez Villagra  (CHI)23
2015 San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Peru.svg  Kevin Cori Quispe  (PER)46
2016 Guatapé, Colombia Flag of Brazil.svg  Luis Paulo Supi  (BRA)56
2017 San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Peru.svg  Brian Escalante Ramírez  (PER)26
2018 Guayaquil, Ecuador Flag of the United States.svg  Sanjay Ghatti  (USA)41
2019 Cochabamba, Bolivia Flag of the United States.svg  Annie Wang  (USA)51

Girls' championship

YearVenueWinnerPlayers [6]
1995 Santiago, Chile Flag of Ecuador.svg  Martha Fierro  (ECU)15
1996 Trujillo, Peru Flag of Ecuador.svg  Martha Fierro  (ECU)21
1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Flag of Ecuador.svg  Martha Fierro  (ECU)20
1998 Margarita Island, Venezuela Flag of Venezuela.svg  Saraí Sánchez Castillo  (VEN)20
1999 Santiago, Chile Flag of Peru.svg  Karen Zapata Campos  (PER)15
2000 Macas, Ecuador Flag of Venezuela.svg  Saraí Sánchez Castillo  (VEN)12
2001 Yucay, Peru Flag of Venezuela.svg  Saraí Sánchez Castillo  (VEN)17
2002 La Paz, Bolivia Flag of the United States.svg  Cindy Tsai  (USA)10
2003 Botucatu, Brazil Flag of Peru.svg  Luciana Morales Mendoza  (PER)6
2004 Guayaquil, Ecuador Flag of the United States.svg  Cindy Tsai  (USA)7
2005 Cali, Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg  Jenny Astrid Chiriví Castiblanco  (COL)23
2006 Bogotá, Colombia Flag of Venezuela.svg  Ingrid Rivera Banquez  (VEN)13
2007 Riobamba, Ecuador Flag of Colombia.svg  Jenny Astrid Chiriví Castiblanco  (COL)15
2008 Cali, Colombia Flag of Peru.svg  Deysi Cori  (PER)17
2009 Montevideo, Uruguay Flag of Argentina.svg  Stephanie Amed  (ARG)11
2010 Cali, Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg  Aura Cristina Salazar  (COL)25
2011 Durán, Ecuador Flag of Colombia.svg  Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda  (COL)27
2012 São Paulo, Brazil Flag of Colombia.svg  Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda  (COL)23
2013 Bogotá, Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg  Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda  (COL)26
2014 Asunción, Paraguay Flag of Peru.svg  Ann Chumpitaz Carbajal  (PER)16
2015 San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of the United States.svg  Ashritha Eswaran  (USA)24
2016 Guatapé, Colombia Flag of Mexico.svg  Lilia Ivonne Fuentes Godoy  (MEX)23
2017 San Salvador, El Salvador Flag of Chile.svg  Javiera Belén Gómez Barrera  (CHI)29
2018 Guayaquil, Ecuador Flag of the United States.svg  Thalia Cervantes Landeiro  (USA)28
2019 Cochabamba, Bolivia Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Danitza Vázquez  (PRI)28

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