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The first Pan American Chess Championship was held in Hollywood, 28 July - 12 August 1945. The line-up was as follows: 1. Samuel Reshevsky United States 10.5, 2. Reuben Fine United States 9, 3. Herman Pilnik Argentina 8.5, 4. Israel Horowitz United States 8, 5. Isaac Kashdan United States 7, 6. Hector Rossetto Argentina 6.5, 7-8. Weaver Adams United States, Herman Steiner United States 5.5, 9-10. Walter Cruz Brazil, José Joaquin Araiza Mexico 5, 11. Jose Broderman Cuba 3.5, 12. Herbert Seidman United States 3, 13. Joaquin Camarena Mexico 1.
The second championship was held in 1954 in Los Angeles and was an open tournament.
| # | Year | City | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1* | 1945 | Hollywood | Samuel Reshevsky (USA) |
| 2* | 1954 | Los Angeles | Arthur Bisguier (USA) |
| 3* | 1958 | Bogotá | Oscar Panno (ARG) |
| 4* | 1963 | Havana | Eleazar Jiménez (CUB) |
| 5* | 1966 | Havana | Eleazar Jiménez (CUB) |
| 6* | 1968 | Cárdenas | Silvino Garcia Martinez (CUB) |
| 7* | 1970 | Havana | Eleazar Jiménez (CUB) |
| 1 | 1974 | Winnipeg | Walter Browne (USA) |
| 2 | 1977 | Santa Cruz | Herman Claudius Van Riemsdijk (BRA) |
| 3 | 1981 | San Pedro | Zenon Franco (PAR) |
| 4 | 1987 | La Paz | Pablo Ricardi (ARG) |
| 5 | 1988 | Havana | Juan Borges (CUB) |
| 6 | ? | ? | |
| 7 | ? | ? | |
| 8 | 1998 | San Felipe | Alexander Ivanov (USA) |
The Pan American Championship was renamed in 2001 as American Continental Championship. The top seven players qualified for the FIDE World Championships.
| Year | City | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Cali | Alex Yermolinsky (USA) |
| 2003 | Buenos Aires | Alexander Goldin (USA) |
From 2005, this tournament has been played as a qualifier for the World Cup stage of the World Championship. The number of players who qualified changed in the various editions. In 2005, the top seven players qualified for the Chess World Cup 2005. In 2014 and 2015 the top four earned a spot in the Chess World Cup 2015.
| # | Year | City | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | Buenos Aires | Lázaro Bruzón (CUB) |
| 2 | 2007 | Cali | Julio Granda (PER) |
| 3 | 2008 | Boca Raton | Jaan Ehlvest (USA) |
| 4 | 2009 | São Paulo | Alexander Shabalov (USA) Fidel Corrales Jimenez (CUB) |
| 5 | 2010 | Cali | Sergio Andres Sanabria Rangel (COL) |
| 6 | 2011 | Toluca | Lázaro Bruzón (CUB) |
| 7 | 2012 | Mar del Plata | Julio Granda (PER) |
| 8 | 2013 | Cochabamba | Julio Granda (PER) |
| 9 | 2014 | Natal, Rio Grande do Norte | Julio Granda (PER) |
| 10 | 2015 | Montevideo | Sandro Mareco (ARG) |
The American Continental Women's Chess Championship serves as a qualifier for the knockout Women's World Chess Championship.
| # | Year | City | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001 | Merida | Sulennis Pina Vega (CUB) |
| 2 | 2003 | San Cristobal | Rusudan Goletiani (USA) |
| 3 | 2005 | Guatemala | Sulennis Pina Vega (CUB) |
| 4 | 2007 | Potrero de los Funes | Marisa Zuriel (ARG) |
| 5 | 2009 | Cali | Martha Fierro (ECU) |
| 6 | 2011 | Guayaquil | Deysi Cori (PER) |
| 7 | 2014 | Buenos Aires | Carolina Luján (ARG) |