Philippine Chess Championship

The Philippine Chess Championship is organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).

Champions before 2008

Year	Champion[1]
1908	Fernando Canon
1909–1913	Alvah E. Johnson
1914–1921	Ismael Amado
1922–1924	Leopoldo Lafuente
1925	Jose D. Warren
1926	Datu Alip
1927–1930	Adolfo Gutierrez
1931	Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1932–1933	no tournament held
1934	Datu Sandangan
1935	Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1936	Rogelio Catanjal
1937	Castor Catalbas
1938	Antonio Navarro
1939	William Lucena
1940	Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1941	Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1942	Max Hoeflein
1943	Antonio Arce
1944–1945	tournament not held
1946	Horacio P. Tagle
1947	Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1948	Antonio Navarro
1949	Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1950	Rosendo Bandal Sr.
1951	Serafin Alvarez
1952	Jose Pascual
1953	Meliton Borja
1954	tournament not held
1955	Jose Pascual
1956	Florencio Campomanes, Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1957	Meliton Borja
1958	Ramon Lontoc Jr.
1959	Jose Pascual
1960	Florencio Campomanes
1961	Rosendo Balinas
1963	Rodolfo Tan Cardoso
1964	Rosendo Balinas
1965	Renato Naranja
1966	Rosendo Balinas
1967	Renato Naranja
1970	Eugenio Torre
1971	Rosendo Balinas
1972	Eugenio Torre
1973	Renato Naranja
1974	Eugenio Torre
1976	Eugenio Torre[2]
1990	Rogelio Antonio[3]
1996	Rogelio Barcenilla
1998	Buenaventura Villamayor
2001	Eugenio Torre[4]
2002	Eugenio Torre
2004	Darwin Laylo
2006	Darwin Laylo

Battle of the Grandmasters

Since 2008 the final stages of both the open and women's championship, dubbed "Battle of the Grandmasters", have been round-robin tournaments held concurrently.

Year	Place	Open Champion	Women's Champion
2008	Manila	John Paul Gomez[5]	Catherine Pereña[6]
2009	Dapitan	Wesley So[7]	Shercila Cua[8]
2010	Tagaytay	Wesley So[9]	Rulp Ylem Jose[10]
2011	Manila	Wesley So	Rulp Ylem Jose[11]
2012	Kalibo	Mark Paragua	Catherine Pereña[12]
2013	Manila	John Paul Gomez, on tiebreak over Oliver Barbosa	Janelle Mae Frayna[13][14]
2014	Manila	Eugenio Torre	Catherine Pereña[15]
2015	Manila	Richard Bitoon[16]	Jan Jodilyn Fronda[16]
2016	Manila	Rogelio Antonio Jr.	Janelle Mae Frayna[14]
2017	Manila	Haridas Pascua	Bernadette Galas
2018
2019	Quezon	Rogelio Barcenilla[17]	Jan Jodilyn Fronda [18]
2020
2021	Cebu for open, Quezon City, Manila for women's	Daniel Quizon[19]	Janelle Mae Frayna[14]

Juniors & Girls Division

Year	Place	Junior Champion	Girl's Champion
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007		Wesley So[20]
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021	Quezon City, Manila[21]	Alekhine Nouri[21]	Mhage Gerriahlou Sebastian[21]

See also

• Professional Chess Association of the Philippines

References

1. Lontoc Jr., Ramon (1976). Fifty Golden Years of Philippine Chess History. Manila: PMI Colleges. p. 2.
2. O'Connell, Kevin J., ed. (1977). Batsford's FIDE Chess Yearbook 1976/7. London: B. T. Batsford. p. 128.
3. "1990 PHILIPPINES NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP". 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
4. Villar, Joey (2001-04-12). "Seems like old times for GM Torre". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
5. "IM John Paul Gomez wins the Philippines chess championship". 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
6. "PBattle of Grandmasters (Women)". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
7. "Wesley So Wins Philippines Championship". 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
8. "Phoenix Petroleum & Dapitan City Battle of GMs-Women". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
9. "Wesley So Wins 3rd Battle of Grandmasters". 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
10. "National Championship - 3rd Phoenix Battle of Grandmasters (women)". FIDE. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
11. "National Championships: 4th Battle of the Grandmasters". NCFP. 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
12. "Paragua tops 'Battle of the GMs'". NCFP. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
13. "GM Gomez captures Battle of the Grandmasters crown". The Manila Times. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
14. "Woman GM Frayna clinches 3rd national title". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
15. "2014 National Open Chess Championships / Battle of Grandmasters". NCFP. 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
16. "Final round - Battle of the Grandmasters | Chess News (NCFP)". 2017-01-03. Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
17. "Barcenilla wins 1st national title since 1996". Rappler. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
18. "WIM Fronda bags national women's chess title". Philippine News Agency. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
19. "Bright future awaits teen Quizon after ruling 2021 National Chess Open". Rappler. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
20. "At 14, Wesley So is Philippines' new ace!". thechessdrum.net/. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
21. "Nouri, Sebastian overcome Mindanao rivals to rule national juniors chess". Rappler. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2022-01-12.

External links

• National Chess Federation of the Philippines
• Philippine Chess Portal
• 2006 in review from Mark Weeks