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.[1]

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.[2]

Competition

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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 boards. The final standings in the tournament are determined by the number of game points scored by each team.[1] 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.[3]

Results

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Participating
federations
[2]
1971   Tucumán   Argentina
Miguel Najdorf
Oscar Panno
Raúl Sanguineti
Miguel Quinteros
Samuel Schweber
  Cuba
Eleazar Jiménez
Silvino García Martínez
Eldis Cobo Arteaga
Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles
Román Hernández Onna
  Brazil
Eduardo Asfora
Vitório Chemin
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk
Hélder Câmara
Francisco Alves dos Santos
  Argentina
  Bolivia
  Brazil
  Chile
  Cuba
  Ecuador
  Paraguay
  Uruguay
1985   Villa Gesell   Argentina
Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Quinteros
Oscar Panno
Gerardo Barbero
Pablo Ricardi
Guillermo Soppe
  Brazil
Jaime Sunye Neto
Gilberto Milos
Rubens Filguth
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk
Francisco Trois
  Chile
Iván Morovic
Roberto Cifuentes
Manuel Abarca Aguirre
Carlos Silva Sánchez
Marcelo Duarte
Christian Michel Yunis
  Argentina
  Bolivia
  Brazil
  Chile
  Paraguay
  Peru
  Uruguay
1987   Junín   Cuba
Jesús Nogueiras
Amador Rodríguez Céspedes
Guillermo García González
Reynaldo Vera
Joaquin Carlos Diaz
Walter Arencibia
  Chile
Roberto Cifuentes
Hernán Salazar Jacob
Manuel Abarca Aguirre
Carlos Silva Sánchez
Marcelo Duarte
Ricardo Araya
  Argentina
Marcelo Tempone
Guillermo Soppe
Jorge Gómez Baillo
Ariel Sorín
Alejandro Hoffman
Carlos Schwanek
  Argentina
  Chile
  Cuba
  Paraguay
  Peru
  Uruguay
1991   Guarapuava   Cuba
Jesús Nogueiras
Walter Arencibia
Amador Rodríguez Céspedes
Reynaldo Vera
Román Hernández Onna
Joaquin Carlos Diaz
  Brazil
Jaime Sunye Neto
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk
Darcy Lima
Cícero Braga
Aron Corrêa
Everaldo Matsuura
  Colombia
Alonso Zapata
Gildardo García
Nelson Gamboa
Jorge Mario Clavijo
Ricardo Díaz
  Argentina
  Brazil
  Chile
  Colombia
  Cuba
  Mexico
  Paraguay
  Uruguay
1995   Cascavel   Cuba
Jesús Nogueiras
Walter Arencibia
Reynaldo Vera
Amador Rodríguez Céspedes
Julio Becerra Rivero
Juan Borges Mateos
  Argentina
Pablo Zarnicki
Pablo Ricardi
Sergio David Slipak
Ariel Sorín
Marcelo Tempone
Alejandro Hoffman
  Brazil
Gilberto Milos
Jaime Sunye Neto
Darcy Lima
Giovanni Vescovi
Everaldo Matsuura
Cícero Braga
  Argentina
  Bolivia
  Brazil
  Chile
  Cuba
  Paraguay
  Uruguay
2000   Mérida   Cuba
Reynaldo Vera
Jesús Nogueiras
Walter Arencibia
Lázaro Bruzón
Leinier Domínguez
Rodney Pérez
  Brazil
Gilberto Milos
Rafael Leitão
Giovanni Vescovi
Darcy Lima
  Uruguay
Martín Crosa Coll
Guillermo Carvalho Fattoruso
Daniel Izquierdo Saravia
Mario Saralegui Cassan
Jaime Escofet Fernández
  Brazil
  Cuba
  Netherlands Antilles
  Venezuela (two teams)
  Uruguay
2003   Rio de Janeiro   Cuba
Leinier Domínguez
Lázaro Bruzón
Neuris Delgado Ramírez
Walter Arencibia
Reynaldo Vera
  Brazil
Henrique Mecking
Darcy Lima
Cícero Braga
Everaldo Matsuura
Eduardo Limp
Rodrigo Disconzi da Silva
  Ecuador
Carlos Matamoros Franco
Daniel Mieles Palau
Plinio Pazos Gambarrotti
Martha Fierro
  Brazil
  Cuba
  Ecuador
  Paraguay
2009   Mendes   Brazil
Giovanni Vescovi
Rafael Leitão
Alexandr Fier
Gilberto Milos
André Diamant
Darcy Lima
  Cuba
Leinier Domínguez
Lázaro Bruzón
Fidel Corrales Jiménez
Neuris Delgado Ramírez
Yuniesky Quesada
Holden Hernández Carmenates
  Venezuela
Rafael Prasca Sosa
Johann Álvarez Márquez
José Sequera Paolini
Wiston Boada
Julio Ostos
  Argentina
  Brazil
  Colombia
  Cuba
  Dominican Republic
  Venezuela
2013   Campinas   United States
Alexander Onischuk
Varuzhan Akobian
Ray Robson
Aleksandr Lenderman
Sam Shankland
  Cuba
Leinier Domínguez
Lázaro Bruzón
Yuniesky Quesada
Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez
  Brazil
Henrique Mecking
Gilberto Milos
Felipe El Debs
Diego Di Berardino
Everaldo Matsuura
  Brazil
  Cuba
  United States
  Uruguay

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba5308
2  Argentina2114
3  Brazil1438
4  United States1001
5  Chile0112
6  Colombia0011
  Ecuador0011
  Uruguay0011
  Venezuela0011
Totals (9 entries)99927

Other international team tournaments in the Americas

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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,[4] and a Mercosur Olympiad in 2009 won by Brazil.[5]

A Central American and Caribbean Team Chess Championship was held annually from 1963 to 1975.[6] 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.[7]

A Central American Team Chess Championship has been held annually since 2011.[8] A tournament by the same name had previously been contested four times from 1946 to 1953.[9][10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Regulations for the Panamerican Team Championship". FIDE Handbook. FIDE. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Bartelski, Wojciech. "Panamerican Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics: 1971-2013". OlimpBase. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ Nóbrega Jr., Adaucto Wanderley. "Campeonato Panamericano por Equipes". BrasilBase (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "1st South American Team Chess Championship: Mar del Plata 1989". OlimpBase. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "1st Mercosur Chess Olympiad: Mar del Plata 2009". OlimpBase. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  6. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "CACAC Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics: 1963-1975". OlimpBase. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ Corzo, Juan (27 February 1938). "Conquista Cuba el campeonato de Centroamérica y del Caribe". Carteles (in Spanish). p. 13. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  8. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "1st Mercosur Chess Olympiad: Mar del Plata 2009". OlimpBase. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ^ Sotela Montagné, Rogelio (23 November 1946). "Del primer campeonato centroamericano de ajedrez". La Nación (in Spanish). p. 10. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  10. ^ Tsijli, Alexis Murillo; Tsijli, Manuel Murillo (2003). El ajedrez en Costa Rica [Chess in Costa Rica] (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. p. 127. ISBN 9789977677187. Retrieved 14 December 2020.