Panamanian Chess Championship
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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 2005 both federations made peace, and since 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, 2003 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 2010 don't played because oficial 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.
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championship of Panama
Panama
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. 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 2005 both federations made peace, and since 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, 2003 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 2010 don't played because oficial 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.
Champions
| Year | Winner (men) | Winner (women) | Winner (Youth Champion) | Winner (scholarship) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Rubén Darío Cabrera | |||
| 1947 | Enrique Linares | |||
| 1955 | Francisco Denis | |||
| 1957 | Francisco Denis | |||
| 1959 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1961 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1962 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1964 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1965 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1966 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1967 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1969 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1970 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1971 | Francisco Pérez | |||
| 1972 | Juan Ramón Martínez | |||
| 1973 | Juan Ramón Martínez | |||
| 1974 | Bolívar Fabrega | --- | Mario Hay | |
| 1975 | Bolivar Fabrega | |||
| 1976 | Bolívar Fabrega | ----- | Elio Ortiz | Jorge Lam |
| 1977 | Bolívar Fabrega | |||
| 1978 | Iván Saucedo | |||
| 1979 | Pablo Cuéllar Pablo Cuellar Pablo Cuéllar is a former chess champion of Panama. He won the Panamanian Chess Championship in 1979. He participated in the 21st Chess Olympiad, where he scored . He resides in Panama to this day.-External links:... |
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| 1980 | Mario Hay | ----- | Agustín Cantilo-Paz | ----- |
| 1981 | Blass Barría | |||
| 1982 | Blass Barría | |||
| 1983 | Nestor Sosa | |||
| 1984 | Blass Barría | |||
| 1985 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | |||
| 1986 | Elio Ortíz | |||
| 1987 | Javier De León | |||
| 1988 | Javier De León | |||
| 1989 | Javier De León - Francisco Perez | |||
| 1990 | Blas Barria | |||
| 1991 | Agustín Cantilo-Paz | |||
| 1992 | Benjamín Rivera Benjamin Rivera Benjamín Rivera is a Mexican voice actor. He is best known for voicing Fry in the Mexican/Latin American dub of Futurama. He is married to Fujiko Mine's Latin American voice actress, Belinda Martinez.-Filmography:... |
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| 1993 | Javier De León | |||
| 1994 | Mario Hay | |||
| 1995 | Miguel Gamboa | ----- | ----- | Francisco Castroverde |
| 1996 | Mario Hay | ----- | Héctor Díaz | Luis Aquije |
| 1997 | Mario Hay | ----- | Luis A. Hidalgo/ | Luis A. Hidalgo |
| 1998 | vacancy Vacancy In crystallography, a vacancy is a type of point defect in a crystal.Crystals inherently possess imperfections, often referred to as 'crystalline defects'. A defect wherein an atom, such as silicon, is missing from one of the lattice sites is known as a 'vacancy' defect.Vacancies occur naturally in... |
----- | ----- | Ramiro Rosas/Yolanda Villarreal |
| 1999 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | ----- | ------ | Luis A. Hidalgo/Amada Birbraguer |
| 2000 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | ----- | Jorge Sánchez/ | Luis Esquivel/ |
| 2001 | Jorge Baúles | ----- | Luis A. Hidalgo/ | Rancés Valdés/Raissa Barría |
| 2002 | Hétor Díaz | Raissa Barría | Jorge Baúles/ | Gilberto Madrid/ |
| 2003 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | Betty Arosemena | ||
| 2004 | Mario Hay | Raissa Barria | ||
| 2005 | Javier De León | Yaribeth González | ||
| 2006 | Mario Hay | Yaribeth González | ||
| 2007 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | Raissa Barría | ||
| 2008 | Jorge Luis Arosemena | Betty Arosemena | ||
| 2009 | Jorge Baúles | Raissa Barría | ||
| 2011 | Rancés Valdés | Raissa Barría |