The Costa Rican Chess Championship is the yearly national chess championship of Costa Rica. The first edition was played in 1927.
List of champions
[edit]List of women's champions
[edit]Nr Year Winner[1] 1 1938 Rosalía Escalante de Serrano 2 1977 Emma Hernández 3 1990 Laura Granados on tiebreak match (2.5–1.5) over Silvia Arroyo 4 1991 Laura Granados 5 1992 Natalia Chaves 6 1993 Karla Ramírez on tiebreak match (2–0) over Adela Navarro 7 1994 Meylin Villegas Loaiza 1995 cancelled[2] 8 1996 Karla Ramírez 9 1997 Meylin Villegas Loaiza 10 1998 Meylin Villegas Loaiza 11 1999 Meylin Villegas Loaiza 2001 Carolina Muñoz[3] 2002 Sofia Lowski[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tsijli, Alexis Murillo; Tsijli, Manuel Murillo (2003). "Capítulo X. El ajedrez feminino" [Chapter 10. Women's chess]. El ajedrez en Costa Rica [Chess in Costa Rica] (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. ISBN 9789977677187. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ Tsijli, Alexis Murillo; Tsijli, Manuel Murillo (2003). El ajedrez en Costa Rica [Chess in Costa Rica] (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. p. 331. ISBN 9789977677187. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ a b "Centro América". 2008-01-02. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- Sources
- Lists of champions: [1], [2]
- Full results from The Week in Chess: TWIC77 (1996), TWIC254 (1999), TWIC294 (2000), TWIC451 (2003), TWIC507 (2004), TWIC559 (2005)
- La Nacion, Jan 24, 2017: [3]