Mexican Chess Championship
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The national chess championship of Mexico has been organized annually since 1973 by FENAMAC (Spanish: Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Mexico A.C.), the Mexican chess federation. Known since 1997 as the National Absolute Championship (Campeonato Nacional Absoluto) and previously as the National Closed Championship (Campeonato Nacional Cerrado), it was initially organized as a round-robin tournament. However, several editions in the 1990s were organized as a series of elimination matches, and the championship is currently run as a Swiss-system tournament.[1] In some years it serves as a qualifying stage for the FIDE World Chess Championship and is designated as sub-Zonal tournament 2.3.1 in such cases.[2] A different tournament is the Mexican Open Championship (Campeonato Nacional Abierto), which is not limited to Mexican nationals and has been held annually since 1954.[3]
List of winners
Year Place Winner Notes and references 1973 Mexico City Mario Campos López[4][5] 1974 Guanajuato Mario Campos López[6] 1975 Mexico City Marcel Sisniega Campbell[7] 1976 Mexico City Marcel Sisniega Campbell[7] 1977 Mexico City Marcel Sisniega Campbell, Carlos Escondrillas[7] 1978 Alberto Campos Ruíz[8] 1979 Mexico City Marcel Sisniega Campbell[7] 1981 Kenneth Frey Beckman[9] 1982–1983 Marcel Sisniega Campbell[10] Sisniega defeated Frey in a tiebreak match held in Mexico City in 1983 after they tied for first in the main tournament held in 1982.[7][10] 1983 Xalapa Kenneth Frey Beckman[9] 1984 Kenneth Frey Beckman[9] 1985 Humberto Morales Moreno[11] 1986 Mexico City Kenneth Frey Beckman,[9] Rafael Espinosa Flores[12] 1987 Mexico City J. Jesús González Mata 1988 Mexico City Marcel Sisniega Campbell[7] 1989 Mexico City Marcel Sisniega Campbell[7] 1990 Villahermosa Marcel Sisniega Campbell[7] 1992 Mexico City Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero[7][13] 1993 Linares Roberto Martín del Campo Cárdenas[14] Del Campo defeated Sisniega in a playoff match after they tied for first in the main tournament.[14] 1994 Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero[13] An elimination format was used.[1] 1995 Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero[13] An elimination format was used.[1] 1996 José Gonzalez Garcia[1] An elimination format was used. Gonzalez Garcia defeated Rafael Espinosa Flores in the finale, held in Monterrey.[15] 1997 Morelia Roberto Calderín Gonzalez[1] 1998–1999 León Alfonso Almeida[16] 1999 Mexico City Israel Blanco Sing[17] Blanco Sing won on tiebreak over Alberto Escobedo Tinajero.[17] 2000 Mexico City Rafael Espinosa Flores[18] 2001 Pachuca Alberto Escobedo Tinajero[19] 2002 Mexico City Rafael Espinosa Flores[20] 2003 Hermosillo Dionisio Aldama Degurnay[21] 2004 Pachuca Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora[22] 2005 Pachuca Alberto Escobedo Tinajero[23] 2006 Ciudad Juárez Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora[24] 2007 Pachuca Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora[25] 2008 Mexico City Rafael Espinosa Flores[26] Espinosa won on tiebreak over Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero and Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora.[26] 2009 Huatulco Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero[27] 2010 Mexico City Manuel León Hoyos[28] 2011 Tapachula Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora[29] 2012 Mexico City Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora[30] 2013 Mexico City Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora[31] Gonzalez Zamora won on tiebreak over Luis Fernand Ibarra Chami.[31] 2014 Mexico City Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora[32] 2015 Mexico City Sergio Joshafatt Morales Garcia[33] Morales Garcia won on tiebreak over Roberto Martín del Campo Cárdenas.[33] 2016 Morelia Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora[34] Gonzalez Zamora won on tiebreak over Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero, Uriel Capo Vidal, Nestor Cofre Archibold and Isaac Antonio Garcia Guerrero.[34] 2018 Mexico City Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora[35]