Pakistani Chess Championship
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The Pakistani Chess Championship is organized by the Chess Federation of Pakistan. Prior to 1970 four championships were held in West Pakistan without participation by players from East Pakistan. This changed in 1970 with the founding of the Pakistan National Chess Federation, which for the first time incorporated players and executive members from both parts of Pakistan, and the national championship that year was held in Chittagong. In 1977 the name of the organization was changed to the Chess Federation of Pakistan.[1] The first Pakistani Women's Chess Championship was held in 2000.
Open championship winners
Year Place Champion[2] 1 1959 Lahore Shaikh Muhammad Akram 2 1960 Lahore Shaikh Muhammad Akram 3 1962 Lahore Abdul Sattar 4 1964 Karachi Shaikh Muhammad Akram 5 1970 Chittagong Zahiruddin Farooqui 6 1974 Karachi Ghulam Dastgir Butt 7 1976 Rawalpindi Zahiruddin Farooqui 8 1978 Karachi Zahiruddin Farooqui 9 1979 Karachi Zahiruddin Farooqui 10 1980 Lahore Shahzad Mirza 11 1982 Karachi Mahmood Khan 12 1983 Sargodha Mahmood Lodhi 13 1984 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi 14 1985 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi 15 1986 Sargodha Mahmood Lodhi 16 1987 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi 17 1988 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi 18 1990 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi 19 1991 Lahore Tunveer Gillani 20 1993 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi 21 1997 Peshawar Shahzad Mirza 22 1998 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi 23 1999 Lahore Mahmood Lodhi 24 2004 Lahore Tunveer Gillani 25 2006 Rawalpindi[3] Tunveer Gillani[4] 26 2008 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi[5] 27 2010 Islamabad Mahmood Lodhi[6] 28 2012 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi[7] 29 2014 Lahore Mahmood Lodhi[8] 30 2016 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi[9] 31 2018 Lahore Mahmood Lodhi[10] 32 2022 Gilgit Amer Karim[11] 33 2024 Islamabad Mafaaz Khalid[12]
Multiple titles:
- 16 titles: IM Mahmood Lodhi
- 4 titles: Zahiruddin Farooqui
- 3 titles: * 3 titles: Tunveer Gillani , Shaikh Muhammad Akram
- 2 titles: IM Shahzad Mirza