NCAA chess championships

The National Collegiate Athletic Association chess tournament is held every first semester of the Philippines academic year. The eight members schools send in a four-member team in both the Seniors and Juniors Division.

The structure is a Swiss-system tournament. In the end of the tournament, the schools with the two top scores would figure in a Finals match.

Champions

  Denotes school won double crown

Academic Year	Men	Juniors
1976-77	Mapúa Institute of Technology (1)
1977-78	Mapúa Institute of Technology (2)	La Salle Green Hills (1)
1978-79	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1)	La Salle Green Hills (2)
1979-80	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (2)	La Salle Green Hills (3)
1980-81	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (3)	La Salle Green Hills (4)
1981-82	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (1)	Trinity College of Quezon City (1)
1982-83	Mapúa Institute of Technology (3)	Mapúa Institute of Technology (1)
1983-84	Mapúa Institute of Technology (4)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1)
1984-85	Mapúa Institute of Technology (5)	Mapúa Institute of Technology (2)
1985-86	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (4)	Mapúa Institute of Technology (3)
1986-87	Mapúa Institute of Technology (6)	Mapúa Institute of Technology (4)
1987-88	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (2)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (2)
1988-89	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (3)	Mapúa Institute of Technology (5)
1989-90	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (4)	San Beda College (1)
1990-91	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (5)	San Beda College (2)
1991-92	Mapúa Institute of Technology (7)	San Beda College (3)
1992-93	San Beda College (1)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (1)
1993-94	Mapúa Institute of Technology (8)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (2)
1994-95	Mapúa Institute of Technology (9)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (3)
1995-96	Mapúa Institute of Technology (10)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (4)
1996-97	Mapúa Institute of Technology (11)	Mapúa Institute of Technology (6)
1997-98	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (6)	San Beda College (4)
1998-99	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (7)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (5)
1999-2000	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (8)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (3)
2000-01	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (9)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (4)
2001-02	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (10)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (5)
2002-03	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (11)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (6)
2003-04	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (5)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (7)
2004-05	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (12)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (6)
2005-06	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (1)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (7)
2006-07	Philippine Christian University (1)	Philippine Christian University (1)
2007-08	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (2)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (8)
2008-09	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (3)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (9)
2009-10	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (6)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (8)
2010-11	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (4)	La Salle Green Hills (5)
2011-12	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (5)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (9)
2012-13	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (13)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (10)
2013-14	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (14)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (11)
2014-15	Arellano University (1)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (12)
2015-16	Arellano University (2)	San Beda College (5)
2016-17	San Beda College (2)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (13)
2017-18	San Beda College (3)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (14)
2018-19		University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (1)
2019-20	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (1)	San Beda University–Rizal (6)
2020-21	Lyceum of the Philippines University (1)	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (15)
2021-22	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022-23
2023-24	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (2)	Lyceum of the Philippines University–Cavite (1)

Number of championships by school

  The school left the league

School	Juniors'	Seniors'	Total
San Sebastian College–Recoletos	9	14	23
Colegio de San Juan de Letran	15	6	20
Mapúa University	6	11	17
San Beda University	6	3	9
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde	0	5	5
La Salle Green Hills	5	0	5
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA	1	2	3
Lyceum of the Philippines University	1	1	2
Arellano University	0	2	2
Philippine Christian University	1	1	2
Trinity College of Quezon City	1	0	1

Note

• LSGH won its four (4) championships as a junior to DLSU.

References

• Champions list at the official NCAA Philippines website
• Presidents and hosts list at the official NCAA Philippines website

Philippine Chess Forum