Philippine Chess Championship
The Philippine Chess Championship is organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).
Champions before 2008[]
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Year Champion[1] 1908 Fernando Canon 1909–1913 1914–1921 1922–1924 1925 1926 1927–1930 1931 Ramon Lontoc Jr. 1932–1933 no tournament held 1934 Datu Sandangan 1935 Ramon Lontoc Jr. 1936 Rogelio Catanjal 1937 1938 Antonio Navarro 1939 William Lucena 1940 Ramon Lontoc Jr. 1941 Ramon Lontoc Jr. 1942 Max Hoeflein 1943 1944–1945 tournament not held 1946 1947 Ramon Lontoc Jr. 1948 Antonio Navarro 1949 Ramon Lontoc Jr. 1950 1951 Serafin Alvarez 1952 1953 Meliton Borja 1954 tournament not held 1955 1956 Florencio Campomanes, Ramon Lontoc Jr. 1957 Meliton Borja 1958 Ramon Lontoc Jr. 1959 1960 Florencio Campomanes 1961 Rosendo Balinas 1963 Rodolfo Tan Cardoso 1964 Rosendo Balinas 1965 Renato Naranja 1966 Rosendo Balinas 1967 Renato Naranja 1970 Eugenio Torre 1971 Rosendo Balinas 1972 Eugenio Torre 1973 Renato Naranja 1974 Eugenio Torre 1976 Eugenio Torre[2] 1990 Rogelio Antonio[3] 1996 1998 Buenaventura Villamayor 2001 Eugenio Torre[4] 2002 Eugenio Torre 2004 Darwin Laylo 2006 Darwin Laylo
Battle of the Grandmasters[]
Since 2008 the final stages of both the open and women's championship, dubbed "Battle of the Grandmasters", have been round-robin tournaments held concurrently.
Year Place Open Champion Women's Champion 2008 Manila John Paul Gomez[5] [6] 2009 Dapitan Wesley So[7] [8] 2010 Tagaytay Wesley So[9] [10] 2011 Manila Wesley So [11] 2012 Kalibo Mark Paragua [12] 2013 Manila John Paul Gomez, on tiebreak over Oliver Barbosa Janelle Mae Frayna[13][14] 2014 Manila Eugenio Torre [15] 2015 Manila [16] 2016 Manila Rogelio Antonio Jr. Janelle Mae Frayna[14] 2017 Manila 2018 2019 Quezon [17] [18] 2020 2021 Cebu for open, Quezon City, Manila for women's Daniel Quizon[19] Janelle Mae Frayna[14]
Juniors & Girls Division[]
Year Place Junior Champion Girl's Champion 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Wesley So[20] 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Quezon City, Manila[21] Alekhine Nouri[21] [21]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Lontoc Jr., Ramon (1976). Fifty Golden Years of Philippine Chess History. Manila: PMI Colleges. p. 2.
- ^ O'Connell, Kevin J., ed. (1977). Batsford's FIDE Chess Yearbook 1976/7. London: B. T. Batsford. p. 128.
- ^ "1990 PHILIPPINES NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP". 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ Villar, Joey (2001-04-12). "Seems like old times for GM Torre". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
- ^ "IM John Paul Gomez wins the Philippines chess championship". 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "PBattle of Grandmasters (Women)". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Wesley So Wins Philippines Championship". 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Phoenix Petroleum & Dapitan City Battle of GMs-Women". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Wesley So Wins 3rd Battle of Grandmasters". 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "National Championship - 3rd Phoenix Battle of Grandmasters (women)". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "National Championships: 4th Battle of the Grandmasters". NCFP. 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Paragua tops 'Battle of the GMs'". NCFP. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "GM Gomez captures Battle of the Grandmasters crown". The Manila Times. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Woman GM Frayna clinches 3rd national title". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "2014 National Open Chess Championships / Battle of Grandmasters". NCFP. 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Final round - Battle of the Grandmasters | Chess News (NCFP)". www.ncf-phil.org. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ "Barcenilla wins 1st national title since 1996". Rappler. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "WIM Fronda bags national women's chess title". Philippine News Agency. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Bright future awaits teen Quizon after ruling 2021 National Chess Open". Rappler. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "At 14, Wesley So is Philippines' new ace!". thechessdrum.net/. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ a b c "Nouri, Sebastian overcome Mindanao rivals to rule national juniors chess". Rappler. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
External links[]
Categories:
- Chess national championships
- Women's chess national championships
- Chess in the Philippines