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.
Year | National champion | Notes |
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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 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] |