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Pan American Chess Championship

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.

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:

    1. Samuel Reshevsky United States 10.5,
    1. Reuben Fine United States 9,
    1. Hermann Pilnik Argentina 8.5,
    1. Israel Horowitz United States 8,
    1. Isaac Kashdan United States 7,
    1. Héctor Rossetto Argentina 6.5,
  • 7–8. Weaver Adams United States, Herman Steiner United States 5.5,
  • 9–10. Walter Cruz Brazil, José Joaquin Araiza Mexico 5,
    1. Jose Broderman Cuba 3.5,
    1. Herbert Seidman United States 3,
    1. Joaquin Camarena Mexico 1.

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

Winners

Pan American Championship

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! City !! Winner |- | 1* || 1945 || Hollywood || Samuel Reshevsky |- | 2* || 1954 || Los Angeles || Arthur Bisguier |- | 3* || 1958 || Bogotá || Oscar Panno |- | 4* || 1963 || Havana || Eleazar Jiménez |- | 5* || 1966 || Havana || Eleazar Jiménez |- | 6* || 1968 || Cárdenas || Silvino García Martínez |- | 7* || 1970 || Havana || Eleazar Jiménez |- | || || |- | 1 || 1974 || Winnipeg || Walter Browne |- | 2 || 1977 || Santa Cruz || Herman Claudius Van Riemsdijk |- | 3 || 1981 || San Pedro || Zenon Franco |- | 4 || 1987 || La Paz || Pablo Ricardi |- | 5 || 1988 || Havana || Juan Borges |- | 6 || ? || ? || |- | 7 || ? || ? || |- | 8 || 1998 || San Felipe || Alexander Ivanov |- |}

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.

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! City !! # Players !! Winner |- | 1 || 2001 || Cali COL|| 146 || Alex Yermolinsky |- | 2 || 2003 || Buenos Aires ARG|| 151 || Alexander Goldin |- | 3 || 2005 || Buenos Aires ARG|| 152 || Lázaro Bruzón |- | 4 || 2007 || Cali COL|| 116 || Julio Granda |- | * || 2008 || Boca Raton USA|| 63 || Jaan Ehlvest |- | 5 || 2009 || São Paulo BRA|| 270 || Alexander Shabalov Fidel Corrales Jimenez |- | * || 2010 || Cali COL|| 67 || Sergio Andres Sanabria Rangel |- | 6 || 2011 || Toluca MEX|| 222 || Lázaro Bruzón |- | 7 || 2012 || Mar del Plata ARG|| 206 || Julio Granda |- | 8 || 2013 || Cochabamba BOL|| 92 || Julio Granda |- | 9 || 2014 || Natal BRA|| 194 || Julio Granda |- | 10 || 2015 || Montevideo URU|| 163 || Sandro Mareco |- | 11 || 2016 || San Salvador ESA|| 78 || Emilio Córdova |- | 12 || 2017 || Medellín COL|| 256 || Samuel Sevian |- | 13 || 2018 || Montevideo URU|| 167 || Samuel Shankland |- | 14 || 2019 || São Paulo BRA|| 215 || Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli |- | 15 || 2022 || San Salvador ESA|| 117 || Timur Gareyev |- | 16 || 2023 || Juan Dolio DOM|| 158 || Georg Meier |- | 17 || 2024 || Medellín COL|| 387 || Roberto García Pantoja |- | 18 || 2025 || Foz do Iguaçu BRA|| 226|| Samuel Shankland |}

*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.

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! City !! Winner |- | 1 || 2001 || Mérida MEX || Sulennis Piña Vega |- | 2 || 2003 || San Cristobal VEN || Rusudan Goletiani |- | 3 || 2005 || Guatemala City GUA || Sulennis Piña Vega |- | 4 || 2007 || Potrero de los Funes ARG || Sarai Sanchez Castillo* |- | 5 || 2009 || Cali COL || Martha Fierro |- | 6 || 2011 || Guayaquil ECU || Deysi Cori |- | 7 || 2014 || Buenos Aires ARG || Carolina Luján |- | 8 || 2015 || |- | 9 || 2016 || Lima PER || Deysi Cori |- | 10 || 2017 || Villa Martelli ARG || Deysi Cori |- | 11 || 2018 || Envigado COL || Deysi Cori |- | 12 || 2019 || Aguascalientes MEX || Maili-Jade Ouellet |- | 13 || 2022 || Cuenca ECU || Jennifer Perez Rodriguez* |- | 14 || 2023 || La Habana CUB || Candela Francisco Guecamburu |- | 15 || 2024 || Santo Domingo DOM || Atousa Pourkashiyan |- | 16 || 2025 || Oaxtepec MEX || Candela Francisco Guecamburu |- |}

  • 2007: Marisa Zuriel won the play-off to earn the lone Women's World Championship qualification spot.
  • 2022: Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés won the play-off to earn the lone Women's World Cup qualification spot.

Pan American Women's Championship

:{| class="sortable wikitable" ! # !! Year !! City !! Winner |- |1 || 1980 || Córdoba || Edith Soppe |- |2 || 1996 || Bogotá || Vivian Ramón |- |3 || 1997 || Mérida || Claudia Amura |- |4 || 1998 || San Felipe || Sabina Hernández Penna |- |5 || 1999 || San Felipe || Yadira Hernández |- |6 || 2000 || Mérida || Maritza Arribas Robaina |- |7 || 2006 || San Salvador || Sulennis Piña Vega |- |8 || 2008 || San Salvador || Zirka Frometa |- |9 || 2010 || Campinas || Yanira Vigoa |- |10 || 2012 || Montevideo || Carla Heredia Serrano |- |11 || 2014 || Palmira || Beatriz Franco |- |12 || 2016 || Manzanillo, Colima || Deysi Cori |}

References

Notes

References

  1. [http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/pca1945.htm Hollywood 1945 Pan-American Championship] BrasilBase
  2. Wall, Bill. "California Chess in the 1950s".
  3. There was no playoff to determine the winner: [http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2009/americas-continental-chess-championship Chessdom report] {{Webarchive. link. (4 March 2016 , [http://continentalamericas2009.blogspot.it blog of the official website])
  4. "Bienvenido a la Asociacion Sanluiseña de Ajedrez".
  5. [http://es.chessbase.com/post/campeonato-continental-femenino-2007-en-san-luis ChessBase report] {{in lang. es
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