Paraguayan Chess Championship
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The Paraguayan Chess Championship is the national chess
championship of Paraguay
.
It was inaugurated by The Paraguayan Chess Circle, founded in 1938 as Paraguay's first club devoted exclusively to chess.
The Paraguayan Chess Circle continued to run the event at least until 1970 as Paraguay did not yet have a national chess federation, although it was affiliated with FIDE and had competed in Chess Olympiad
s at irregular intervals starting at Buenos Aires 1939.
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 Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
.
It was inaugurated by The Paraguayan Chess Circle, founded in 1938 as Paraguay's first club devoted exclusively to chess.
The Paraguayan Chess Circle continued to run the event at least until 1970 as Paraguay did not yet have a national chess federation, although it was affiliated with FIDE and had competed in Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
s at irregular intervals starting at Buenos Aires 1939.
Winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Juan Silvano Diaz Perez |
| 1939 | Juan Silvano Diaz Perez |
| 1940 | Ernesto Espinola |
| 1941 | Ernesto Espinola |
| 1942 | Juan Silvano Diaz Perez |
| 1943 | Ernesto Stadecker |
| 1944 | Ernesto Stadecker |
| 1945 | Ernesto Stadecker |
| 1946 | Luis Oscar Boettner |
| 1947 | Luis Oscar Boettner |
| 1948 | Carlos Almeida |
| 1949 | Carlos Almeida |
| 1950 | Carlos Almeida |
| 1951 | Carlos Almeida |
| 1952 | Faustino Paniagua |
| 1953 | Eduardo Salomon |
| 1954 | Ronald Cantero |
| 1955 | Ronald Cantero |
| 1956 | Ronald Cantero |
| 1957 | Ronald Cantero |
| 1958 | Ronald Cantero |
| 1959 | Benigno Rivarola |
| 1960 | Eleuterio Recalde |
| 1961 | Ronald Cantero |
| 1962 | Ronald Cantero |
| 1963 | Victorio Riego Prieto |
| 1964 | Raul Silva |
| 1965 | Ronald Cantero |
| 1966 | Omar Villagra |
| 1967 | Emiliano Saguier |
| 1968 | Emiliano Saguier |
| 1969 | Emiliano Saguier |
| 1970 | Julio César Ingolotti |
| 1971 | Ruben Carlos Gamarra |
| 1972 | Victorio Riego Prieto |
| 1973 | Oscar Ferreira |
| 1974 | Oscar Ferreira |
| 1975 | Ruben Carlos Gamarra |
| 1976 | Zenon Franco |
| 1977 | Victorio Riego Prieto |
| 1978 | Oscar Ferreira |
| 1979 | Ruben Carlos Gamarra |
| 1980 | Oscar Ferreira |
| 1981 | Cristobal Valiente |
| 1982 | Cristobal Valiente |
| 1983 | Luis Carlos Patriarca |
| 1984 | Francisco Santacruz |
| 1985 | Cristobal Valiente |
| 1986 | Francisco Santacruz |
| 1987 | Francisco Santacruz |
| 1988 | Francisco Santacruz |
| 1989 | Cristobal Valiente |
| 1990 | Francisco Santacruz |
| 1991 | Cristobal Valiente |
| 1992 | Cristobal Valiente |
| 1993 | Carlos Gamarra Caceres |
| 1994 | Cesar Santacruz |
| 1995 | Eduardo Peralta |
| 1996 | Ricardo Kropff |
| 1997 | Cristobal Valiente |
| 1998 | Luis Carlos Patriarca |
| 1999 | Eduardo Peralta |
| 2000 | Eduardo Peralta |
| 2001 | Jose Cubas |
| 2002 | Enrique Butti |
| 2003 | Luis Carlos Patriarca |
| 2004 | Axel Bachmann |
| 2005 | Luis Carlos Patriarca |
| 2006 | Luis Carlos Patriarca |
| 2007 | Luis Carlos Patriarca |
| 2008 | Luis Carlos Patriarca |