Portuguese Chess Championship
The Portuguese Chess Championship is a yearly national chess championship of Portugal. It was established in 1911, but only from the 1950s it was played yearly, with a few exceptions.
IM Joaquim Durão, Portuguese champion on 13 occasions
Nr Year Champion Women's Ch. 1 1911 António Maria Pires 2 1926 Mário Machado 3 1940 João Moura 4 1942 Carlos Pires 5 1944 Carlos Pires 6 1946 Mário Machado 7 1947 Leonel Pias 8 1948 Mário Machado 9 1951 João Moura 10 1952 João Moura 11 1953 Daniel Oliveira 12 1954 João Mário Ribeiro 13 1955 Joaquim Durão 14 1956 Joaquim Durão 15 1958 Joaquim Durão 16 1959 Joaquim Durão 17 1960 Joaquim Durão 18 1961 Joaquim Durão 19 1962 Joaquim Durão 20 1963 João Mário Ribeiro 21 1964 Joaquim Durão 22 1965 Joaquim Durão 23 1966 João Cordovil 24 1967 João Cordovil 25 1968 Joaquim Durão 26 1969 João Cordovil 27 1970 Joaquim Durão 28 1971 João Mário Ribeiro 29 1972 Joaquim Durão 30 1973 Joaquim Durão 31 1975 Fernando Silva 32 1976 Fernando Silva 33 1977 Fernando Silva 34 1978 Luís Santos 35 1979 Luís Santos 36 1980 António Fernandes 37 1981 Fernando Silva 38 1982 Luís Santos 39 1983 António Fernandes 40 1984 António Fernandes 41 1985 António Fernandes 42 1986 Rui Dâmaso 43 1987 Fernando Silva 44 1988 António Antunes 45 1989 António Fernandes 46 1990 António Fernandes 47 1991 António Fernandes 48 1992 António Fernandes 49 1993 Rui Dâmaso 50 1994 Luís Galego Tania Saraiva 51 1995 Rui Dâmaso 52 1996 António Fernandes Alda Carvalho 53 1997 Fernando Ribeiro Tania Saraiva 54 1998 Carlos Pereira dos Santos Alda Carvalho 55 1999 Rui Dâmaso Catarina Leite 56 2000 Carlos Pereira dos Santos Catarina Leite 57 2001 António Fernandes Catarina Leite 58 2002 Luís Galego Catarina Leite 59 2003 Diogo Fernando Catarina Leite 60 2004 Luís Galego Catarina Leite 61 2005 Luís Galego Catarina Leite 62 2006 António Fernandes Catarina Leite 63 2007 Rui Dâmaso Margarida Coimbra 64 2008 António Fernandes Ana Baptista 64 2009 Rúben Pereira Ana Baptista 64 2010 Paulo Dias Ana Ferreira 65 2011 Paulo Dias Margarida Coimbra 66 2012 Luís Galego Catarina Leite 67 2013 Rui Dâmaso Maria Inês Oliveira 68 2014 António Fernandes Maria Inês Oliveira 69 2015 Sep.2015 Ana Inês Silva
The 2011 championship was decided in a match between IM Paulo Dias and FM José Padeiro, held 21–24 October 2011 in Coimbra.
The 2013 championship was decided in a match between IM Sérgio Rocha and IM Rui Dâmaso held 2-4 October 2013 in Barreiro.
References
- Complete list of winners: Historial dos Vencedores dos Campeonatos Nacionais Individuais de Xadrez
- Details of the 1999 edition: TWIC
- Details of the 2000 edition: TWIC
- Details of the 2007 edition: chess-results.com
- Bio on Catarina Leite: