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The Pan American Chess Championship, also American continental Championship is an individual chess tournament organized since 1945.

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First pan American championships (1945 and 1954)

The first Pan American Chess Championship was held in Hollywood, 28 July – 12 August 1945. The line-up was as follows:

  • 1. Samuel Reshevsky  United States 10.5,
  • 2. Reuben Fine  United States 9,
  • 3. Herman Pilnik  Argentina 8.5,
  • 4. Israel Horowitz  United States 8,
  • 5. Isaac Kashdan  United States 7,
  • 6. Hector Rossetto  Argentina 6.5,
  • 7-8. Weaver Adams  United States, Herman Steiner  United States 5.5,
  • 9-10. Walter Cruz  Brazil, José Joaquin Araiza  Mexico 5,
  • 11. Jose Broderman  Cuba 3.5,
  • 12. Herbert Seidman  United States 3,
  • 13. Joaquin Camarena  Mexico 1.

    • The second championship was held in 1954 in Los Angeles and was an open tournament.

    American Continental Chess Championship

    The American Continental Chess Championship qualified in 2001 and 2003 the top seven players for the FIDE World Championships. From 2005, this tournament has been played as a qualifier for the World Cup stage of the World Championship. The number of players who qualified changed in the various editions. In 2005, the top seven players qualified for the Chess World Cup 2005. In 2014 and 2015 the top four earned a spot in the Chess World Cup 2015.

    *Note: 2008 and 2010 editions' official name was Campeonato Panamericano-Continental, instead of Campeonato Continental de las Americas as the others.

    Women's championship

    The American Continental Women's Chess Championship serves as a qualifier for the knockout Women's World Chess Championship.

    References

    Pan American Chess Championship Wikipedia
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