The Pan American Chess Championship, also American Continental Championship is an individual chess tournament organized since 1945. It is often a qualifier for the FIDE World Cup.
First pan American championships (1945 and 1954)
The first Pan American Chess Championship was held in Hollywood, 28 July – 12 August 1945. The line-up was as follows:
- 1. Samuel Reshevsky United States 10.5,
- 2. Reuben Fine United States 9,
- 3. Hermann Pilnik Argentina 8.5,
- 4. Israel Horowitz United States 8,
- 5. Isaac Kashdan United States 7,
- 6. Héctor Rossetto Argentina 6.5,
- 7–8. Weaver Adams United States, Herman Steiner United States 5.5,
- 9–10. Walter Cruz Brazil, José Joaquin Araiza Mexico 5,
- 11. Jose Broderman Cuba 3.5,
- 12. Herbert Seidman United States 3,
- 13. Joaquin Camarena Mexico 1.[1]
The second championship was held in 1954 in Los Angeles and was an open tournament.[2]
Winners
Pan American Championship
American Continental Chess Championship
The American Continental Chess Championship qualified in 2001 and 2003 the top seven players for the FIDE World Championships. From 2005, this tournament has been played as a qualifier for the World Cup stage of the World Championship. The number of players who qualified changed in the various editions. In 2005, the top seven players qualified for the Chess World Cup 2005. In 2014 and 2015 the top four earned a spot in the Chess World Cup 2015.
*Note: 2008 and 2010 editions' official name was Campeonato Panamericano-Continental, instead of Campeonato Continental de las Americas as the others.
American Continental Women's Championship
The American Continental Women's Chess Championship serves as a qualifier for the knockout Women's World Chess Championship.
- In 2007 Marisa Zuriel won a rapid playoff with Sarai Sanchez Castillo to qualify for the world championship but the Champion of the tournament was Sarai Sanchez:[4][5]
Pan American Women's Championship
References
- BrasilBase: Campeonatos Panamericanos (in Portuguese)
- Complete standings on Chess-Results: 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- FIDE: 2011
- Results from The Week in Chess: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
- American Continental Women's Championship standings: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Notes
- ^ Hollywood 1945 Pan-American Championship BrasilBase
- ^ Wall, Bill. "California Chess in the 1950s". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ There was no playoff to determine the winner: Chessdom report, blog of the official website
- ^ "Bienvenido a la Asociacion Sanluiseña de Ajedrez".
- ^ ChessBase report (in Spanish)
Further reading
External links
- 2003 on uschess.org
- 2005 edition, Chessbase
- On the championship as qualifier
- Biography on Eleazar Jiménez
- Biography on Silvino Garcia Martinez