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.

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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	António Fernandes	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: [1]