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The Portuguese Chess Championship is a yearly national chess

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championship of Portugal

Portugal

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. It was established in 1911, but only from the 1950's it was played yearly, with a few exceptions.

Nr	Year	Champion	Women's Ch.
1	1911	António Maria Pires
2	1926	Mário Machado Mario Machado Mario Machado is the Eurasian eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster who made television history when, in 1970, he became the first Chinese-American on-air television news reporter and anchor in Los Angeles and perhaps in the nation.-Television:Machado’s television career...
3	1940	João Moura
4	1942	Carlos Pires
5	1944	Carlos Pires
6	1946	Mário Machado Mario Machado Mario Machado is the Eurasian eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster who made television history when, in 1970, he became the first Chinese-American on-air television news reporter and anchor in Los Angeles and perhaps in the nation.-Television:Machado’s television career...
7	1947	Leonel Pias
8	1948	Mário Machado Mario Machado Mario Machado is the Eurasian eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster who made television history when, in 1970, he became the first Chinese-American on-air television news reporter and anchor in Los Angeles and perhaps in the nation.-Television:Machado’s television career...
9	1951	João Moura
10	1952	João Moura
11	1953	Daniel Oliveira
12	1954	João Mário Ribeiro
13	1955	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
14	1956	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
15	1958	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
16	1959	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
17	1960	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
18	1961	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
19	1962	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
20	1963	João Mário Ribeiro
21	1964	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
22	1965	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
23	1966	João Cordovil
24	1967	João Cordovil
25	1968	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
26	1969	João Cordovil
27	1970	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
28	1971	João Mário Ribeiro
29	1972	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
30	1973	Joaquim Durão Joaquim Durão Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese chess player. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation....
31	1975	Fernando Silva
32	1976	Fernando Silva
33	1977	Fernando Silva
34	1978	Luís Santos
35	1979	Luís Santos
36	1980	António Fernandes
37	1981	Fernando Silva
38	1982	Luís Santos
39	1983	António Fernandes
40	1984	António Fernandes
41	1985	António Fernandes
42	1986	Rui Dâmaso
43	1987	Fernando Silva
44	1988	António Antunes
45	1989	António Fernandes
46	1990	António Fernandes
47	1991	António Fernandes
48	1992	António Fernandes
49	1993	Rui Dâmaso
50	1994	Luís Galego Luís Galego Luís Galego is a Portuguese chess grandmaster. He represented Portugal in ten Chess Olympiads , and achieved a top Elo rating of 2543.In 2006, he tied for 2nd-9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J...	Tania Saraiva
51	1995	Rui Dâmaso
52	1996	António Fernandes	Alda Carvalho
53	1997	Fernando Ribeiro	Tania Saraiva
54	1998	Carlos Pereira dos Santos	Alda Carvalho
55	1999	Rui Dâmaso	Catarina Leite
56	2000	Carlos Pereira dos Santos	Catarina Leite
57	2001	António Fernandes	Catarina Leite
58	2002	Luís Galego Luís Galego Luís Galego is a Portuguese chess grandmaster. He represented Portugal in ten Chess Olympiads , and achieved a top Elo rating of 2543.In 2006, he tied for 2nd-9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J...	Catarina Leite
59	2003	Diogo Fernando	Catarina Leite
60	2004	Luís Galego Luís Galego Luís Galego is a Portuguese chess grandmaster. He represented Portugal in ten Chess Olympiads , and achieved a top Elo rating of 2543.In 2006, he tied for 2nd-9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J...	Catarina Leite
61	2005	Luís Galego Luís Galego Luís Galego is a Portuguese chess grandmaster. He represented Portugal in ten Chess Olympiads , and achieved a top Elo rating of 2543.In 2006, he tied for 2nd-9th with Luke McShane, Stephen J...	Catarina Leite
62	2006	António Fernandes	Catarina Leite
63	2007	Rui Dâmaso	Margarida Coimbra
64	2008	António Fernandes	Ana Baptista
64	2009	Rúben Pereira Rúben Pereira Rúben Pereira is a Portuguese chess International Master, 2009 Portuguese chess champion, and 2007 World U-16 vice-champion. His January 2011 FIDE rating is 2436, making him the country's number three.-External links:...	Ana Baptista
64	2010	Paulo Dias	Ana Ferreira
65	2011	Paulo Dias	Margarida Coimbra

The 2011 championship was decided in a match between IM Paulo Dias and FM José Padeiro, held 21-24 October 2011 in Coimbra.

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