Costa Rican Chess Championship

The Costa Rican Chess Championship is the yearly national chess championship of Costa Rica. The first edition was played in 1927.

List of champions

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Nr Year Winner
1 1927 Rómulo Salas
2 1930 Juan José Loria
3 1937 Carlos M. Valverde
4 1938 Rosalía Escalante de Serrano
5 1939 Joaquín Gutiérrez
6 1940 Carlos M. Valverde
7 1941 Carlos M. Valverde
8 1942 Carlos M. Valverde
9 1943 Joaquín Gutiérrez
10 1944 Joaquín Gutiérrez
11 1945 Carlos M. Valverde
12 1946 Antonio Rojas
13 1947 Rogelio Sotela
14 1948 Jaime Soley
15 1949 Rogelio Sotela
16 1950 Rogelio Sotela
17 1951 Rogelio Sotela
18 1952 R. Charpentier
19 1953 R. Charpentier
20 1954 R. Charpentier
21 1955 R. Charpentier
22 1956 R. Charpentier
23 1957 R. Charpentier
24 1958 R. Charpentier
25 1959 R. Charpentier
26 1960 Pablo Amiguetti
27 1961 José Ma. Soto
28 1962 Walter Field
29 1963 Pablo Amiguetti
30 1964 Samuel Li Chen
31 1965 Fernando Montero
32 1966 Fernando Montero
33 1968 Alfonso Morales
34 1969 Jorge Van der Laat
35 1970 Fernando Aguilar
36 1971 Fernando Aguilar
37 1972 Juan Leon Jimenez Molina
38 1973 Jaime Vaglio Muñoz
39 1974 Fernando Montero
40 1975 Juan Leon Jimenez Molina
41 1976 Jaime Vaglio Muñoz
42 1977 Juan Leon Jimenez Molina
43 1978 Juan Leon Jimenez Molina
44 1979 William Charpentier
45 1980 William Charpentier
46 1981 William Charpentier
47 1982 Eduardo Piza
48 1983 Alexis Vargas
49 1984 Francis Mayland
50 1985 William Charpentier
51 1986 Jaime Vaglio Muñoz
52 1987 William Charpentier
53 1989 William Charpentier
54 1990 Bernal González Acosta
55 1991 Bernal González Acosta
56 1992 Sergio Minero Pineda
57 1993 Bernal González Acosta
58 1994 Alexis Murillo Tsijli
59 1995 Bernal González Acosta
60 1996 Bernal González Acosta
61 1997 Alexis Murillo Tsijli
62 1998 Leonardo Valdés
63 1999 Sergio Minero Pineda
64 2000 Bernal González Acosta
65 2001 Bernal González Acosta
66 2002 Leonardo Valdés
67 2003 Manuel Bernal González
68 2004 Sergio Minero Pineda
69 2005 Bernal González Acosta
70 2006 Bernal González Acosta
71 2007 Leonardo Valdés
72 2008 Bernal González Acosta
73 2009 Mauricio Arias Santana
74 2010 Bernal González Acosta
75 2011 Bernal González Acosta
76 2012 Leonardo Valdés
77 2013 Bernal González Acosta
78 2014 Alexis Murillo Tsijli
79 2015 Sergio Minero Pineda
80 2016 Bernal González Acosta
81 2017 Sergio Durán
84 2020 Sergio Minero Pineda

List of women's champions

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Nr Year Winner[1]
1 1938 Rosalía Escalante de Serrano
2 1977 Emma Hernández
3 1990 Laura Granados on tiebreak match (2.5–1.5) over Silvia Arroyo
4 1991 Laura Granados
5 1992 Natalia Chaves
6 1993 Karla Ramírez on tiebreak match (2–0) over Adela Navarro
7 1994 Meylin Villegas Loaiza
1995 cancelled[2]
8 1996 Karla Ramírez
9 1997 Meylin Villegas Loaiza
10 1998 Meylin Villegas Loaiza
11 1999 Meylin Villegas Loaiza
2001 Carolina Muñoz[3]
2002 Sofia Lowski[3]

References

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  1. ^ Tsijli, Alexis Murillo; Tsijli, Manuel Murillo (2003). "Capítulo X. El ajedrez feminino" [Chapter 10. Women's chess]. El ajedrez en Costa Rica [Chess in Costa Rica] (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. ISBN 9789977677187. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  2. ^ Tsijli, Alexis Murillo; Tsijli, Manuel Murillo (2003). El ajedrez en Costa Rica [Chess in Costa Rica] (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. p. 331. ISBN 9789977677187. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  3. ^ a b "Centro América". 2008-01-02. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
Sources
  • Lists of champions: [1], [2]
  • Full results from The Week in Chess: TWIC77 (1996), TWIC254 (1999), TWIC294 (2000), TWIC451 (2003), TWIC507 (2004), TWIC559 (2005)
  • La Nacion, Jan 24, 2017: [3]