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.

IM Joaquim Durão, Portuguese champion on 13 occasions

Nr	Year	Location	Champion	Location	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 De 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 Maria Cordovil
24	1967		João Maria Cordovil
25	1968		Joaquim Durão
26	1969		João Maria 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	Mangualde	Luís Santos
39	1983		António Fernandes
40	1984	Lisbon	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	Lisbon	António Fernandes
49	1993		IM Rui Dâmaso
50	1994		Luís Galego	Marinha Grande	Tania Saraiva
51	1995		IM Rui Dâmaso	Faro	Aida Ferreira
52	1996		António Fernandes	Matosinhos	Alda Carvalho
53	1997		Fernando Silva		Tânia Saraiva
54	1998		Carlos Pereira dos Santos		Alda Carvalho
55	1999		IM 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	Vila Real	Luís Galego		Catarina Leite
62	2006		GM António Fernandes		Catarina Leite
63	2007		IM Rui Dâmaso	Beja	Margarida Coimbra
64	2008	Amadora	GM António Fernandes		WFM Ana Baptista
64	2009	Amadora	IM Rúben Pereira		Ana Baptista
64	2010	Amadora	FM Paulo Dias	Espinho	Ana Ferreira
65	2011	Amadora	IM Paulo Dias	Vila Nova de Foz Coa	Margarida Coimbra
66	2012	Pampilhosa da Serra	GM Luís Galego	Lisbon	Catarina Leite
67	2013	Lisbon	IM Rui Dâmaso	Aveiro	Maria Inês Oliveira
68	2014	Lisbon	GM António Fernandes	Lisbon	Maria Inês Oliveira
69	2015	Lisbon	GM António Fernandes	Pedras Salgadas	Ana Inês Silva
70	2016	Barcelos	GM António Fernandes	Matosinhos	WFM Ana Baptista
71	2017	Gaia	IM André Ventura Sousa	Gaia	WFM Ana Baptista
72	2018	Braga	GM António Fernandes	Braga	WFM Ariana Pintor
73	2019	Portimão	IM André Ventura Sousa	Portimão	WCM Mariana Silva
74	2020	Odivelas	IM André Ventura Sousa	Odivelas	Sara Soares
75	2021	Évora	IM André Ventura Sousa	Évora	Filipa Pipiras
76	2022	Leiria	IM André Ventura Sousa	Leiria	WCM Mariana Silva
77	2023	Coimbra	FM José Guilherme Santos	Famalicão	WCM Mariana Silva
78	2024	Viseu	Cancelled after 2 rounds	Famalicão	WFM Inês Silva
79	225	Matosinhos	September 2025	Famalicão	WFM Camila Avelino

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
• Official list of winners: https://fpx.pt/site/public/uploads/campeoes/Absoluto.pdf
• 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]