Japanese Chess Championship
The Japanese women's chess championship has been largely dominated by (Naoko Takahashi before she married).
Winners[]
NO. Held in Men's Winner Women's Winner 1 1968 2 1969 3 1970 4 1971 5 1972 6 1973 7 1974 Miyoko Watai 8 1975 9 1976 10 1977 Miyoko Watai 11 1978 Miyoko Watai 12 1979 13 1980 14 1981 15 1982 16 1983 17 1984 18 1985
Paul Kuroda19 1986 20 1987 21 1988 22 1989 23 1990 24 1991 25 1992 26 1993 27 1994 28 1995
not played 29 1996 not played 30 1997 not played 31 1998 not played 32 1999 not played 33 2000 not played 34 2001 Miyoko Watai
35 2002 not played 36 2003
37 2004 38 2005 Haruko Tanaka 39 2006
Masahiro Baba40 2007 Shinsaku Uesugi
41 2008 42 2009 Sam Collins 43 2010
44 2011 45 2012 46 2013 47 2014 48 2015 49 2016 Tran Thanh Tu 50 2017 51 2018 Tran Thanh Tu 52 2019 Aoshima Mirai 53 2020 Tran Thanh Tu not played
References[]
- Results from the Japanese Chess Federation [1] (in Japanese)
- Short biography on Akira Wanatabe [2]
- Chess in Japan [3]
- On Shinya Kojima's 2006 and 2007 victory [4] (in German)
- On the 2008 edition [5][permanent dead link]
- On the women's editions: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (in Japanese)
- On the men's editions: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (in Japanese)
Categories:
- Chess national championships
- Women's chess national championships
- Chess in Japan
- 1969 in chess
- 1975 in chess
- 1969 establishments in Japan
- Recurring sporting events established in 1969
- National championships in Japan