Pan American Team Chess Championship

The Pan American Team Chess Championship is an international team chess tournament open to national federations affiliated to FIDE in the Americas. It is organized by the Confederation of Chess for America (CCA), and the winner qualifies to participate at the next World Team Chess Championship.

The tournament has been held at irregular intervals since 1971. Its most recent edition took place in 2013, which was won by the United States in its debut appearance at the event. Cuba has won five of the nine editions of the tournament, Argentina has won twice, and Brazil and the United States have each won once.

Competition Each member federation located in FIDE Zones 2.1 to 2.5 is entitled to enter a national team of four players and up to two reserve players. Matches are contested on four . The final standings in the tournament are determined by the number of game points scored by each team. The tournament has been held as a single round-robin except in 1987 and 2013, when a double round-robin was played. Between four and eight teams have participated in each edition of the tournament.

Results

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeParticipatingfederations1971 TucumánMiguel NajdorfOscar PannoRaúl SanguinetiMiguel QuinterosSamuel SchweberEleazar JiménezSilvino García MartínezEldis Cobo ArteagaJesús Rodríguez GonzálesRomán Hernández OnnaEduardo AsforaVitório CheminHerman Claudius van RiemsdijkHélder CâmaraFrancisco Alves dos Santos1985 Villa GesellMiguel NajdorfMiguel QuinterosOscar PannoGerardo BarberoPablo RicardiGuillermo SoppeJaime Sunye NetoGilberto MilosRubens FilguthHerman Claudius van RiemsdijkFrancisco TroisIván MorovicRoberto CifuentesManuel Abarca AguirreCarlos Silva SánchezMarcelo DuarteChristian Michel Yunis1987 JunínJesús NogueirasAmador Rodríguez CéspedesGuillermo García GonzálezReynaldo VeraJoaquin Carlos DiazWalter ArencibiaRoberto CifuentesHernán Salazar JacobManuel Abarca AguirreCarlos Silva SánchezMarcelo DuarteRicardo ArayaMarcelo TemponeGuillermo SoppeJorge Gómez BailloAriel SorínAlejandro HoffmanCarlos Schwanek1991 GuarapuavaJesús NogueirasWalter ArencibiaAmador Rodríguez CéspedesReynaldo VeraRomán Hernández OnnaJoaquin Carlos DiazJaime Sunye NetoHerman Claudius van RiemsdijkDarcy LimaCícero BragaAron CorrêaEveraldo MatsuuraAlonso ZapataGildardo GarcíaNelson GamboaJorge Mario ClavijoRicardo Díaz1995 CascavelJesús NogueirasWalter ArencibiaReynaldo VeraAmador Rodríguez CéspedesJulio Becerra RiveroJuan Borges MateosPablo ZarnickiPablo RicardiSergio David SlipakAriel SorínMarcelo TemponeAlejandro HoffmanGilberto MilosJaime Sunye NetoDarcy LimaGiovanni VescoviEveraldo MatsuuraCícero Braga2000 MéridaReynaldo VeraJesús NogueirasWalter ArencibiaLázaro BruzónLeinier DomínguezRodney PérezGilberto MilosRafael LeitãoGiovanni VescoviDarcy LimaMartín Crosa CollGuillermo Carvalho FattorusoDaniel Izquierdo SaraviaMario Saralegui CassanJaime Escofet Fernández (two teams)2003 Rio de JaneiroLeinier DomínguezLázaro BruzónNeuris Delgado RamírezWalter ArencibiaReynaldo VeraHenrique MeckingDarcy LimaCícero BragaEveraldo MatsuuraEduardo LimpRodrigo Disconzi da SilvaCarlos Matamoros FrancoDaniel Mieles PalauPlinio Pazos GambarrottiMartha Fierro2009 MendesGiovanni VescoviRafael LeitãoAlexandr FierGilberto MilosAndré DiamantDarcy LimaLeinier DomínguezLázaro BruzónFidel Corrales JiménezNeuris Delgado RamírezYuniesky QuesadaHolden Hernández CarmenatesRafael Prasca SosaJohann Álvarez MárquezJosé Sequera PaoliniWiston BoadaJulio Ostos2013 CampinasAlexander OnischukVaruzhan AkobianRay RobsonAleksandr LendermanSam ShanklandLeinier DomínguezLázaro BruzónYuniesky QuesadaIsan Reynaldo Ortiz SuárezHenrique MeckingGilberto MilosFelipe El DebsDiego Di BerardinoEveraldo Matsuura

Medal table

Other international team tournaments in the Americas

Team chess events are currently part of the program at the Central American Games, and have sometimes been part of the Bolivarian Games, most recently in 2013.

Mar del Plata hosted a South American Team Chess Championship in 1989 won by Argentina, and a Mercosur Olympiad in 2009 won by Brazil.

A Central American and Caribbean Team Chess Championship was held annually from 1963 to 1975. Previously, the same name had been given to a team chess tournament held as a side event at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama City, which was won by Cuba. The 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla also featured a team chess side event, also won by Cuba.

A Central American Team Chess Championship has been held annually since 2011. A tournament by the same name had previously been contested four times from 1946 to 1953.

See also

Chess Olympiad Chess at the African Games Asian Team Chess Championship European Team Chess Championship

References