Nicaraguan Chess Championship

The Nicaraguan Chess Championship is currently organized by Fenanic (Spanish: Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Nicaragua), the national chess federation of Nicaragua. After the first championship was held as a match in 1956, subsequent editions have been held as tournaments in multiple categories,[1] with the winner of the top category becoming the national champion.

National championship winners

Year National champion Notes
1956 Julio Ramírez de Arellano Arellano beat Gustavo Montalván in a series of seven games.[1]
1958 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1959 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1960 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1961 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1962 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1964 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1965 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1966 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1967 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1968 Julio Ramírez de Arellano [1]
1969 Gustavo Jorge Aleman [2]
1970 Edmundo Dávila Castellón [2]
1971 Gustavo Jorge Aleman [2]
1972 Miguel Chávez [2]
1973 Narciso Salas Chávez Benjamín Zapata was leading the tournament but was disqualified in the penultimate round for showing up to play while intoxicated.[3][2]
1974 Carlos J. Lau Lau finished third in the tournament, while Julio Ramírez de Arellano and Francisco Castillo Tamariz tied for first and began a playoff match for the title. When they protested that the chess clock they were using was not working properly, FENANIC disqualified them both and awarded the title to Lau.[3]
1975 René Pilarte Tijerino [2]
1976 Francisco Castillo Tamariz [2]
1977–1980 – Not held because of the Nicaraguan Revolution.[2]
1981 Edmundo Dávila Castellón Mexican IM Roberto Navarro won the tournament off-contest. Dávila Castellón won the national championship as the Nicaraguan with the best result.[3]
1982 Danilo Canda Canda won on tiebreaks ahead of Dávila Castellón.[2][3]
1983 Martín Guevara [2]
1984 Martín Guevara [2]
1985 Martín Guevara [2]
1986 Martín Guevara [2]
1987 José Luis Fonseca [4]
1988 Martín Guevara [2]
1989 ? Martín Guevara finished second.[5]
1990 Martín Guevara [2]
1991 René Lacayo [6]
1992 Martín Guevara [2]
1993 Martín Guevara [2]
1994 Carlos Dávila [2]
1995 Carlos Dávila [2]
1996 Carlos Dávila [2]
1997 René Pilarte Tijerino [2]
1998 Carlos Dávila [2]
1999 Rodolfo Izabá [7]
2000 René Lacayo [6]
2001 Carlos Guevara [8]
2002 René Lacayo [9]
2003 René Lacayo [9]
2004 Félix Espinoza Espinoza won on tiebreaks over Carlos Dávila.[10]
2005 Carlos Dávila [11]
2006 Carlos Dávila [11]
2007 Carlos Dávila Dávila beat Jorge Luis Picado in a playoff for first.[12]
2008 Félix Espinoza [13]
2009 Maximiliano Rocha Rocha beat Martin Guevara and William Bravo in a three-way playoff for first.[14]
2010 René Lacayo Lacayo finished ahead of José Luis Fonseca on tiebreaks.[15]
2011 René Lacayo [16]
2012 William Bravo Salvadoran IM Héctor Leyva [de] won the tournament off-contest. Bravo, who finished second, won the national championship as the Nicaraguan with the best result.[17]
2013 Marcos Ortiz [8]
2014 Carlos Guevara Guevara won on tiebreaks ahead of Ricardo García and Marcos Ortiz.[8]
2015 William Bravo [18]
2016 Juan José Pineda [19]
2017 René Lacayo [20]
2018 René Lacayo [21]
2019 René Lacayo [22]
2020 René Lacayo [23]

References

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