Costa Rican Chess Championship

The Costa Rican Chess Championship is the yearly national chess championship of Costa Rica. The first edition was played in 1927.

List of champions

Nr	Year	Winner
1	1927	Rómulo Salas
2	1930	Juan José Loria
3	1937	Carlos M. Valverde
4	1938	Joaquín Gutiérrez
5	1939	Joaquín Gutiérrez
6	1940	Carlos M. Valverde
7	1941	Carlos M. Valverde
8	1942	Carlos M. Valverde
9	1943	Joaquín Gutiérrez
10	1944	Joaquín Gutiérrez
11	1945	Carlos M. Valverde
12	1946	Antonio Rojas
13	1947	Rogelio Sotela
14	1948	Jaime Soley
15	1949	Rogelio Sotela
16	1950	Rogelio Sotela
17	1951	Rogelio Sotela
18	1952	R. Charpentier
19	1953	R. Charpentier
20	1954	R. Charpentier
21	1955	R. Charpentier
22	1956	R. Charpentier
23	1957	R. Charpentier
24	1958	R. Charpentier
25	1959	R. Charpentier
26	1960	Pablo Amiguetti
27	1961	José Ma. Soto
28	1962	Walter Field
29	1963	Pablo Amiguetti
30	1964	Samuel Li Chen
31	1965	Fernando Montero
32	1966	Fernando Montero
33	1968	Alfonso Morales
34	1969	Jorge Van der Laat
35	1970	Fernando Aguilar
36	1971	Fernando Aguilar
37	1972	Juan León Jiménez
38	1973	Jaime Vaglio
39	1974	Fernando Montero
40	1975	Juan León Jiménez
41	1976	Jaime Vaglio
42	1977	Juan León Jiménez
43	1978	Juan León Jiménez
44	1979	William Charpentier
45	1980	William Charpentier
46	1981	William Charpentier
47	1982	Eduardo Piza
48	1983	Alexis Vargas
49	1984	Francis Mayland
50	1985	William Charpentier
51	1986	Jaime Vaglio
52	1987	William Charpentier
53	1989	William Charpentier
54	1990	Manuel Bernal González
55	1991	Manuel Bernal González
56	1992	Sergio Minero
57	1993	Manuel Bernal González
58	1994	Alexis Murillo Tsijli
59	1995	Manuel Bernal González
60	1996	Manuel Bernal González
61	1997	Alexis Murillo Tsijli
62	1998	Leonardo Valdés
63	1999	Sergio Minero
64	2000	Manuel Bernal González
65	2001	Manuel Bernal González
66	2002	Leonardo Valdés
67	2003	Manuel Bernal González
68	2004	Sergio Minero
69	2005	Manuel Bernal González
70	2006	Manuel Bernal González
71	2007	Leonardo Valdés
72	2008	Manuel Bernal González
73	2009	Mauricio Arias Santana

References

• Lists of champions: [1], [2]
• Full results from The Week in Chess: TWIC77 (1996), TWIC254 (1999), TWIC294 (2000), TWIC451 (2003), TWIC507 (2004), TWIC559 (2005)