Pan American Junior Chess Championship

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For the age-unrestricted chess tournament, see Pan American Chess Championship. For the collegiate-level team chess tournament, see Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship.

The Pan American Junior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament open to players in the Americas who are under 20 years of age. The tournament has been held since 1974 with occasional interruptions. Beginning in 1995, a separate championship for girls has been held concurrently with the open championship.

The reigning champion is Annie Wang, who was the first girl to win any of the gender-unrestricted continental under-20 championships.

Competition[]

The championships are organized by national federations affiliated with the Confederation of Chess for America (CCA). They are open to chess players who are under 20 years of age as of 1 January of the year in which the championship is held.[1] The tournament format has varied over the years depending on the number of participants; since 2004, the open championship has been a nine-round Swiss-system tournament.[2]

The winners of the open and girls' championships earn the right to participate in the next year's World Junior Chess Championships.[3] In the open championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Grandmaster title. In the girls' championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the Woman International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Woman Grandmaster title.[4]

Results[]

Open championship[]

Year Venue Winner Players[5]
1974 San Juan, Puerto Rico  Gildardo García (COL) 16
1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Jaime Sunye Neto (BRA) 10
1977 São Paulo, Brazil  Miguel Bernat (ARG) 12
1978 Belo Horizonte, Brazil   (CHI) 7
1979 Mercedes, Argentina  Iván Morovic (CHI) 9
1980 Córdoba, Argentina   (ARG) 9
1981 San Pedro de Jujuy, Argentina   (ARG) 13
1982 Buenos Aires, Argentina   (BRA) 12
1984 Lima, Peru  Julio Granda (PER) 16
1985 Saladillo, Argentina   (ARG) 14
1986 Quito, Ecuador  Walter Arencibia (CUB) 16
1987 Asunción, Paraguay  Roberto Martín del Campo (MEX) 19
1988 Oaxaca, Mexico   (CUB) 14
1989 Asunción, Paraguay  Andrés Rodríguez Vila (URU) 14
1990 Merlo, Argentina   (DOM) 18
1991 Bariloche, Argentina   (BRA) 15
1992 ? ? N/A
1993 Rancagua, Chile  Giovanni Vescovi (BRA) 14
1994 Santiago, Chile   (ARG) 18
1995 Santiago, Chile  Rafael Leitão (BRA) 22
1996 Trujillo, Peru   (ARG) 30
1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina   (ARG) 28
1998 Margarita Island, Venezuela  Giovanni Vescovi (BRA) 34
1999 Santiago, Chile   (ARG) 25
2000 Macas, Ecuador  Rubén Felgaer (ARG) 23
2001 Yucay, Peru  Rubén Felgaer (ARG) 21
2002 La Paz, Bolivia   (VEN) 19
2003 Botucatu, Brazil   (USA) 16
2004 Guayaquil, Ecuador   (ARG) 15
2005 Cali, Colombia   (ARG) 55
2006 Bogotá, Colombia  Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN) 30
2007 Riobamba, Ecuador  Robert Hungaski (USA) 25
2008 Cali, Colombia   (ARG) 46
2009 Montevideo, Uruguay  Ray Robson (USA) 34
2010 Cali, Colombia   (COL) 33
2011 Durán, Ecuador  Leandro Krysa (ARG) 42
2012 São Paulo, Brazil  Jose Daniel Gemy (BOL) 54
2013 Bogotá, Colombia   (ECU) 39
2014 Asunción, Paraguay  Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI) 23
2015 San Salvador, El Salvador   (PER) 46
2016 Guatapé, Colombia  Luis Paulo Supi (BRA) 56
2017 San Salvador, El Salvador   (BRA) 26
2018 Guayaquil, Ecuador   (USA) 41
2019 Cochabamba, Bolivia  Annie Wang (USA) 51

Girls' championship[]

Year Venue Winner Players[6]
1995 Santiago, Chile  Martha Fierro (ECU) 15
1996 Trujillo, Peru  Martha Fierro (ECU) 21
1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Martha Fierro (ECU) 20
1998 Margarita Island, Venezuela  Saraí Sánchez Castillo (VEN) 20
1999 Santiago, Chile   (PER) 15
2000 Macas, Ecuador  Saraí Sánchez Castillo (VEN) 12
2001 Yucay, Peru  Saraí Sánchez Castillo (VEN) 17
2002 La Paz, Bolivia  Cindy Tsai (USA) 10
2003 Botucatu, Brazil  Luciana Morales Mendoza (PER) 6
2004 Guayaquil, Ecuador  Cindy Tsai (USA) 7
2005 Cali, Colombia   (COL) 23
2006 Bogotá, Colombia   (VEN) 13
2007 Riobamba, Ecuador   (COL) 15
2008 Cali, Colombia  Deysi Cori (PER) 17
2009 Montevideo, Uruguay   (ARG) 11
2010 Cali, Colombia   (COL) 25
2011 Durán, Ecuador  Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda (COL) 27
2012 São Paulo, Brazil  Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda (COL) 23
2013 Bogotá, Colombia  Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda (COL) 26
2014 Asunción, Paraguay   (PER) 16
2015 San Salvador, El Salvador   (USA) 24
2016 Guatapé, Colombia   (MEX) 23
2017 San Salvador, El Salvador  Javiera Belén Gómez Barrera (CHI) 29
2018 Guayaquil, Ecuador   (USA) 28
2019 Cochabamba, Bolivia  Danitza Vázquez (PRI) 28

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Pan-American Junior Under-20 Championships (Absolute & Girls)". CCA. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Panamerican Junior Chess Championship". OlimpBase. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ "FIDE World Junior Under-20 Championships". FIDE Handbook. FIDE. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Table for Direct Titles effective from 1 July 2017". FIDE Handbook. FIDE. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ^ Nóbrega Jr., Adaucto Wanderley. "Campeonato Panamericano Juvenil". BrasilBase (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. ^ Nóbrega Jr., Adaucto Wanderley. "Camp. Panamericano Juvenil Feminino". BrasilBase (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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