Philippine Chess Championship

The Philippine Chess Championship is organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).

Champions before 2008

Year Champion[1]
1908 Fernando Canon
1909–1913 Alvah E. Johnson
1914–1921 Ismael Amado
1922–1924 Leopoldo Lafuente
1925 Jose D. Warren
1926 Datu Alip
1927–1930 Adolfo Gutierrez
1931 Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1932–1933 no tournament held
1934 Datu Sandangan
1935 Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1936 Rogelio Catanjal
1937 Castor Catalbas
1938 Antonio Navarro
1939 William Lucena
1940 Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1941 Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1942 Max Hoeflein
1943 Antonio Arce
1944–1945 tournament not held
1946 Horacio P. Tagle
1947 Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1948 Antonio Navarro
1949 Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1950 Rosendo Bandal Sr.
1951 Serafin Alvarez
1952 Jose Pascual
1953 Meliton Borja
1954 tournament not held
1955 Jose Pascual
1956 Florencio Campomanes, Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1957 Meliton Borja
1958 Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1959 Jose Pascual
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 Rogelio Barcenilla
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] Catherine Pereña[6]
2009 Dapitan Wesley So[7] Shercila Cua[8]
2010 Tagaytay Wesley So[9] Rulp Ylem Jose[10]
2011 Manila Wesley So Rulp Ylem Jose[11]
2012 Kalibo Mark Paragua Catherine Pereña[12]
2013 Manila John Paul Gomez, on tiebreak over Oliver Barbosa Janelle Mae Frayna[13][14]
2014 Manila Eugenio Torre Catherine Pereña[15]
2015 Manila Richard Bitoon[16] Jan Jodilyn Fronda[16]
2016 Manila Rogelio Antonio Jr. Janelle Mae Frayna[14]
2017 Manila Haridas Pascua Bernadette Galas
2018
2019 Quezon Rogelio Barcenilla[17] Jan Jodilyn Fronda [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] Mhage Gerriahlou Sebastian[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lontoc Jr., Ramon (1976). Fifty Golden Years of Philippine Chess History. Manila: PMI Colleges. p. 2.
  2. ^ O'Connell, Kevin J., ed. (1977). Batsford's FIDE Chess Yearbook 1976/7. London: B. T. Batsford. p. 128.
  3. ^ "1990 PHILIPPINES NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP". 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  4. ^ Villar, Joey (2001-04-12). "Seems like old times for GM Torre". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  5. ^ "IM John Paul Gomez wins the Philippines chess championship". 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  6. ^ "PBattle of Grandmasters (Women)". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  7. ^ "Wesley So Wins Philippines Championship". 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  8. ^ "Phoenix Petroleum & Dapitan City Battle of GMs-Women". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  9. ^ "Wesley So Wins 3rd Battle of Grandmasters". 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  10. ^ "National Championship - 3rd Phoenix Battle of Grandmasters (women)". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  11. ^ "National Championships: 4th Battle of the Grandmasters". NCFP. 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  12. ^ "Paragua tops 'Battle of the GMs'". NCFP. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  13. ^ "GM Gomez captures Battle of the Grandmasters crown". The Manila Times. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  14. ^ a b c "Woman GM Frayna clinches 3rd national title". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  15. ^ "2014 National Open Chess Championships / Battle of Grandmasters". NCFP. 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
  16. ^ a b "Final round - Battle of the Grandmasters | Chess News (NCFP)". 2017-01-03. Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  17. ^ "Barcenilla wins 1st national title since 1996". Rappler. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  18. ^ "WIM Fronda bags national women's chess title". Philippine News Agency. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  19. ^ "Bright future awaits teen Quizon after ruling 2021 National Chess Open". Rappler. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  20. ^ "At 14, Wesley So is Philippines' new ace!". thechessdrum.net/. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  21. ^ a b c "Nouri, Sebastian overcome Mindanao rivals to rule national juniors chess". Rappler. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-01-12.