Costa Rican Chess Championship
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The Costa Rican Chess Championship is the yearly national chess
championship of Costa Rica
. The first edition was played in 1927.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
championship of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
. The first edition was played in 1927.
List of champions
| Nr | Year | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1927 | Rómulo Salas |
| 2 | 1930 | Juan José Loria |
| 3 | 1937 | Carlos M. Valverde |
| 4 | 1938 | Joaquín Gutiérrez |
| 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 Alfonso Morales Alfonso Morales is an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:... |
| 34 | 1969 | Jorge Van der Laat |
| 35 | 1970 | Fernando Aguilar |
| 36 | 1971 | Fernando Aguilar |
| 37 | 1972 | Juan León Jiménez |
| 38 | 1973 | Jaime Vaglio |
| 39 | 1974 | Fernando Montero |
| 40 | 1975 | Juan León Jiménez |
| 41 | 1976 | Jaime Vaglio |
| 42 | 1977 | Juan León Jiménez |
| 43 | 1978 | Juan León Jiménez |
| 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 |
| 52 | 1987 | William Charpentier |
| 53 | 1989 | William Charpentier |
| 54 | 1990 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 55 | 1991 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 56 | 1992 | Sergio Minero |
| 57 | 1993 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 58 | 1994 | Alexis Murillo Tsijli |
| 59 | 1995 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 60 | 1996 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 61 | 1997 | Alexis Murillo Tsijli |
| 62 | 1998 | Leonardo Valdés |
| 63 | 1999 | Sergio Minero |
| 64 | 2000 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 65 | 2001 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 66 | 2002 | Leonardo Valdés |
| 67 | 2003 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 68 | 2004 | Sergio Minero |
| 69 | 2005 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 70 | 2006 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 71 | 2007 | Leonardo Valdés |
| 72 | 2008 | Manuel Bernal González |
| 73 | 2009 | Mauricio Arias Santana |