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Pan American Chess Championship

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.

Winners

 
# 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)
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8 1998 San Felipe Alexander Ivanov (USA)

American Continental Chess Championship

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)

Women's championship

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)
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