The Costa Rican Chess Championship is the yearly national chess championship of Costa Rica. The first edition was played in 1927.
List of champions
editList of women's champions
editNr 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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]