Panamanian Chess Championship
The Panamanian Chess Championship is the individual national chess championship of Panama. The first edition was played in 1945 and won by Rubén Darío Cabrera. It was originally a biennial event, and from 1945 to 1961 six championships were played, and from 1962 to 1971 eight championships. From 1972 to 1976, it was held annually, but the tournament of 1977 never finished because the beginning of a long schism in Panamanian chess. From 1978 to 1988, it was again held annually. In 1989 and from 1991 to 2004, two organizations held separate events, resulting in two champions, but in 1990 there was a single competition, and therefore one champion. In 2004 both federations made peace, and since 2005 then there has only been one championship each year. The women's chess championships began in 2002 and has been held annually since then. Panama is the only country in the world where a father and daughter have been champions in the same year twice, 2004 and 2008. To show the rise of new istmhian chess, Panama took in 2008 the Centroamerican Championship by the hand of Jorge Baules, first IM of Panama. In the Youth categories the signal (abs) show a champion in one big tournament with various categories at same time. In 2010 don't played because official budgets trouble with "PANDEPORTES", the government sports entity (they have 3 chiefs in only eleven months), and played the tournament in the firsts months of 2011. In the final round of 2014 tournament, two players was tied in all planned playoffs and the two were proclaimed champions. One is foreigner, but change his country flag as panamaenian in ratings.fide.com in march 2015, and is the fourth to win the title. Usually the panamaenian common considered overseas with over five years of residence, as one of their own.
Champions
| Year | Winner (men) | Winner (women) | Winner (Universitarian Champion) | (men Youth Champion) | (women Youth Champion) | Winner (men scholarship) | Winner (women scholarchip) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Rubén Darío Cabrera | ||||||
| 1947 | Enrique Linares | ||||||
| 1953 | Juan Evans | ||||||
| 1956 | Francisco Denis | ||||||
| 1958 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1960 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1961 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1962 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1964 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1965 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1966 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1967 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1969 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1970 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1971 | Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1972 | Juan Ramón Martínez D'ettore | ||||||
| 1973 | Juan Ramón Martínez D'ettore | Adrián Miranda (abs) | |||||
| 1974 | Bolívar Fábrega A. | Mario Hay (abs) | |||||
| 1975 | Bolívar Fábrega A. | ||||||
| 1976 | Bolívar Fábrega A. | Elio Ortíz (abs) | Jorge Lam (U17) | ||||
| 1977 | Bolívar Fábrega A. | César Concepción (U13) | |||||
| 1978 | Iván Saucedo | ||||||
| 1979 | Pablo Cuéllar | ||||||
| 1980 | Mario Hay | Agustín Cantilo-Paz (abs) | |||||
| 1981 | Blass Barría | ||||||
| 1982 | Blass Barría Alberto Lombana, Alberto Lombana (blitz) | ||||||
| 1983 | Nestor Sosa | José Guardiola (U13) | |||||
| 1984 | Blass Barría | Yasser Valdés (U13) | |||||
| 1985 | Jorge Luis Arosemena (clasic), Agustín Cantilo-Paz (blitz) | Agustín Cantilo-Paz | Tonci Korsano (abs), Carlos Tuñón (U13) | J. Wong (U17) | |||
| 1986 | Elio Ortíz | ||||||
| 1987 | Javier De León | ||||||
| 1988 | Javier De León | ||||||
| 1989 | Javier De León Francisco Pérez Arauz | ||||||
| 1990 | Blas Barría | ||||||
| 1991 | Agustín Cantilo-Paz | Jorge Luis Arosemena | |||||
| 1992 | Benjamín Rivera Silvera | ||||||
| 1993 | Javier De León | ||||||
| 1994 | Mario Hay Nestor Sosa | ||||||
| 1995 | Miguel Gamboa Ricardo Hill | Francisco Castroverde(U17) | |||||
| 1996 | Mario Hay | Héctor Díaz (abs) | Luis Aquije (U17)) | ||||
| 1997 | Mario Hay | Héctor Díaz | Luis A. Hidalgo(abs)/ | Luis A. Hidalgo (U17) | Angelini Batista (U17) | ||
| 1998 | vacancy | Ramiro Rosas (U17) | Yolanda Villarreal (U17) | ||||
| 1999 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | Luis A. Hidalgo (U17) | Amada Birbraguer (U17) | ||||
| 2000 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | Jorge Sánchez(abs) | Luis Esquivel Golcher (U17) | ||||
| 2001 | Jorge Baúles Walter Alvarez | Luis A. Hidalgo | Yaribeth González (abs) | Rancés Valdés (U17) | Raissa Barría (U17) | ||
| 2002 | Héctor Díaz | Raissa Barría | Jorge Baúles | Raissa Barría (abs) | Gilberto Madrid (U17) | Raissa Barría (U17) | |
| 2003 | Mario Hay | Raissa Barría | Luis Esquivel Golcher (abs) | Gilberto Madrid (U17) | |||
| 2004 | Jorge Luis Arosemena Mario Hay | Betty Arosemena | Rances Valdés | ||||
| 2005 | Javier De León | Yaribeth González | Ramsés Chaves (U14),Alhan Carrera Dubois (U12), Giandanello Manzanares(U10) | Angélica Lam (U14) | |||
| 2006 | Mario Hay | Yaribeth González | Luis Pan (U17) | Alba Muñoz (U17) | |||
| 2007 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | Yaribeth González | Carlos Neira (abs) | ||||
| 2008 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | Betty Arosemena | Patrick Aizpurua (abs, U16), Antonio Daniels (U20), Efraim Espinosa (U18), José Battikh (U14), Alexei Tapia O. (U12), Jorge Ocaña (U10), José Chaluja (U8) | Alba Muñoz (abs, U18), Karen Quintero (U20), Angélica Lam (U16), Cristy Young (U14), Katherine Young (U12) | Patrick Aizpurua (U17) | Alba Muñoz (U17) | |
| 2009 | Jorge Baúles | Raissa Barría | José Pittí (U20-U18), Patrick Aizpurua (U16), José Battikh (U14), Alexei Tapia O.(U12), José Chaluja (U10) | Alba Muñoz (abs,U16), Cristina Arosemena (U18), Dalia Arosemena (U14), Katherine Young (U12), Liann Sun (U10) | Alhan Carrera Dubois (U17) | Kristy Young (U17) | |
| 2010 | vacancy | vacancy | Alexei Tapia O. (U14), Adrián Fuentes (U12), Brandon Carrasco (U10), Miguel Machaj (U8) | Katryn Young (U14), Lyann Sun (U12) | Ramses Chaves (U17) | Cristina Arosemena (U17) | |
| 2011 | Rancés Valdés | Raissa Barría | vacancy | Patrick Aizpurua (17), Angel Lam (U12) | Cristina Arosemena (U17), Yeisy Hardy (U12) | ||
| 2012 | Jorge Baúles | Raissa Barría | vacancy | Alexei Tapia (U17) | Junny Zhang Ng (U17) | ||
| 2013 | Jorge Baúles | Alexei Tapia O.(abs) | Kathryn Young (abs) | Robert Sun (U12), Alexei Tapia (U17) | |||
| 2014 | Efrén Ramos/Alexei Tapia O. | Yaribeth González | Ruben Ulloa (abs, U20), Alexei Tapia O. (U18), Brandon Carrasco (U16), | Kathia Laffaurie(absolute, U20), Fátima Delgado (U16) | Alexei Tapia (U17) | ||
| 2015 | Jorge Baúles, Jorge Baúles (blitz) | Yaribeth González | Patrick Aizpurua | Alex Delgado (abs, U20), Adrian Fuentes (U18), Edilberto Del Cid (16) | Noelys Alvarado (abs, U20), Junny Zhang (U18), Fátima Delgado (U156) | Robert Sun Chin (U15), Reynaldo Sanjur González (U12) | Noelys Batista Santamaria (U12), Fatima Pineda Liu (U15) |
References
- Federacion de Ajedrez de Panama
- Federacion de Ajedrez de Panama previous website
- Partial winners list from Ajedrez Ataque
- Detailed results: 2003-2005 editions
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/rupertomiller/collections/72157619785675895/
- http://www.chessresults.com/
- "FINALES Y PROBLEMAS ELEMENTALES DE AJEDREZ"; author "LUIS FARRUGIA", recopilated by "JUAN RAMON MARTINEZ D'ETTORE". copright "EDITORA DE LA NACION, PANAMA REP DE PANAMA, orden No.1636, 1977