Pan American Chess Championship
Template:Use dmy dates Template:For multi 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 File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 10.5,
- 2. Reuben Fine File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 9,
- 3. Hermann Pilnik File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 8.5,
- 4. Israel Horowitz File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 8,
- 5. Isaac Kashdan File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 7,
- 6. Héctor Rossetto File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 6.5,
- 7–8. Weaver Adams File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States, Herman Steiner File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5.5,
- 9–10. Walter Cruz File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil, José Joaquin Araiza File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico 5,
- 11. Jose Broderman File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 3.5,
- 12. Herbert Seidman File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States 3,
- 13. Joaquin Camarena File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico 1.[1]
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The second championship was held in 1954 in Los Angeles and was an open tournament.[2]
Winners
Pan American Championship
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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.
*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.
# Year City Winner 1 2001 Mérida Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 2 2003 San Cristobal Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 3 2005 Guatemala City Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 4 2007 Potrero de los Funes Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete* 5 2009 Cali Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 6 2011 Guayaquil Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 7 2014 Buenos Aires Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 8 2015 9 2016 Lima Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 10 2017 Villa Martelli Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 11 2018 Envigado Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 12 2019 Aguascalientes Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 13 2022 Cuenca Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete* 14 2023 La Habana Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 15 2024 Santo Domingo Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete 16 2025 Oaxtepec Template:Flagicon Template:Flagathlete
- 2007: Marisa Zuriel won the play-off to earn the lone Women's World Championship qualification spot.[4][5]
- 2022: Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés won the play-off to earn the lone Women's World Cup qualification spot.
Pan American Women's Championship
# Year City Winner 1 1980 Córdoba Template:Flagathlete 2 1996 Bogotá Template:Flagathlete 3 1997 Mérida Template:Flagathlete 4 1998 San Felipe Template:Flagathlete 5 1999 San Felipe Template:Flagathlete 6 2000 Mérida Template:Flagathlete 7 2006 San Salvador Template:Flagathlete 8 2008 San Salvador Template:Flagathlete 9 2010 Campinas Template:Flagathlete 10 2012 Montevideo Template:Flagathlete 11 2014 Palmira Template:Flagathlete 12 2016 Manzanillo, Colima Template:Flagathlete
References
- BrasilBase: Campeonatos Panamericanos Template:In lang
- Complete standings on Chess-Results: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- FIDE: 2011
- Results from The Week in Chess: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
- American Continental Women's Championship standings: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Notes
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- ↑ Hollywood 1945 Pan-American Championship BrasilBase
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- ↑ There was no playoff to determine the winner: Chessdom report, blog of the official website
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Further reading
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External links
- 2003 on uschess.org
- 2005 edition, Chessbase
- On the championship as qualifier
- Biography on Eleazar Jiménez
- Biography on Silvino Garcia Martinez
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