# Pan American Junior Chess Championship

The Pan American Junior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament open to players in the Americas who are under 20 years of age. The tournament has been held since 1974 with occasional interruptions. Beginning in 1995, a separate championship for girls has been held concurrently with the open championship.
The reigning champion is Annie Wang, who was the first girl to win any of the gender-unrestricted continental under-20 championships.

## Competition

The championships are organized by national federations affiliated with the Confederation of Chess for America (CCA). They are open to chess players who are under 20 years of age as of 1 January of the year in which the championship is held. The tournament format has varied over the years depending on the number of participants; since 2004, the open championship has been a nine-round Swiss-system tournament.
The winners of the open and girls' championships earn the right to participate in the next year's World Junior Chess Championships. In the open championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Grandmaster title. In the girls' championship, the top three players after tiebreaks all earn the Woman International Master title, while the first-placed player additionally earns a norm towards the Woman Grandmaster title.

## Results
### Open championship

| Year | Venue | Winner | Players |
| 1974 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Gildardo García (COL) | 16 |
| 1975 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Jaime Sunye Neto (BRA) | 10 |
| 1977 | São Paulo, Brazil | Miguel Bernat (ARG) | 12 |
| 1978 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Javier Campos Moreno (CHI) | 7 |
| 1979 | Mercedes, Argentina | Iván Morovic (CHI) | 9 |
| 1980 | Córdoba, Argentina | Marcelo Tempone (ARG) | 9 |
| 1981 | San Pedro de Jujuy, Argentina | Rodolfo Garbarino (ARG) | 13 |
| 1982 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Sandro Heleno Trindade (BRA) | 12 |
| 1984 | Lima, Peru | Julio Granda (PER) | 16 |
| 1985 | Saladillo, Argentina | Carlos Boissonet (ARG) | 14 |
| 1986 | Quito, Ecuador | Walter Arencibia (CUB) | 16 |
| 1987 | Asunción, Paraguay | Roberto Martín del Campo (MEX) | 19 |
| 1988 | Oaxaca, Mexico | Pedro Paneque Martín (CUB) | 14 |
| 1989 | Asunción, Paraguay | Andrés Rodríguez Vila (URU) | 14 |
| 1990 | Merlo, Argentina | Gustavo Hernández (DOM) | 18 |
| 1991 | Bariloche, Argentina | Roberto Watanabe (BRA) | 15 |
| 1992 | ? | ? | N/A |
| 1993 | Rancagua, Chile | Giovanni Vescovi (BRA) | 14 |
| 1994 | Santiago, Chile | Maximiliano Ginzburg (ARG) | 18 |
| 1995 | Santiago, Chile | Rafael Leitão (BRA) | 22 |
| 1996 | Trujillo, Peru | Diego Pereyra (ARG) | 30 |
| 1997 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Fernando Peralta (ARG) | 28 |
| 1998 | Margarita Island, Venezuela | Giovanni Vescovi (BRA) | 34 |
| 1999 | Santiago, Chile | Martin Labollita (ARG) | 25 |
| 2000 | Macas, Ecuador | Rubén Felgaer (ARG) | 23 |
| 2001 | Yucay, Peru | Rubén Felgaer (ARG) | 21 |
| 2002 | La Paz, Bolivia | Rafael Prasca Sosa (VEN) | 19 |
| 2003 | Botucatu, Brazil | Dmitry Schneider (USA) | 16 |
| 2004 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Pablo Lafuente (ARG) | 15 |
| 2005 | Cali, Colombia | Leandro Perdomo (ARG) | 55 |
| 2006 | Bogotá, Colombia | Eduardo Iturrizaga (VEN) | 30 |
| 2007 | Riobamba, Ecuador | Robert Hungaski (USA) | 25 |
| 2008 | Cali, Colombia | Damian Lemos (ARG) | 46 |
| 2009 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Ray Robson (USA) | 34 |
| 2010 | Cali, Colombia | Camilo Ríos Cristhian (COL) | 33 |
| 2011 | Durán, Ecuador | Leandro Krysa (ARG) | 42 |
| 2012 | São Paulo, Brazil | Jose Daniel Gemy (BOL) | 54 |
| 2013 | Bogotá, Colombia | Cristhian Barros Rivadeneira (ECU) | 39 |
| 2014 | Asunción, Paraguay | Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI) | 23 |
| 2015 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Kevin Cori Quispe (PER) | 46 |
| 2016 | Guatapé, Colombia | Luis Paulo Supi (BRA) | 56 |
| 2017 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Brian Escalante Ramírez (PER) | 26 |
| 2018 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Sanjay Ghatti (USA) | 41 |
| 2019 | Cochabamba, Bolivia | Annie Wang (USA) | 51 |

### Girls' championship

| Year | Venue | Winner | Players |
| 1995 | Santiago, Chile | Martha Fierro (ECU) | 15 |
| 1996 | Trujillo, Peru | Martha Fierro (ECU) | 21 |
| 1997 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Martha Fierro (ECU) | 20 |
| 1998 | Margarita Island, Venezuela | Saraí Sánchez Castillo (VEN) | 20 |
| 1999 | Santiago, Chile | Karen Zapata Campos (PER) | 15 |
| 2000 | Macas, Ecuador | Saraí Sánchez Castillo (VEN) | 12 |
| 2001 | Yucay, Peru | Saraí Sánchez Castillo (VEN) | 17 |
| 2002 | La Paz, Bolivia | Cindy Tsai (USA) | 10 |
| 2003 | Botucatu, Brazil | Luciana Morales Mendoza (PER) | 6 |
| 2004 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Cindy Tsai (USA) | 7 |
| 2005 | Cali, Colombia | Jenny Astrid Chiriví Castiblanco (COL) | 23 |
| 2006 | Bogotá, Colombia | Ingrid Rivera Banquez (VEN) | 13 |
| 2007 | Riobamba, Ecuador | Jenny Astrid Chiriví Castiblanco (COL) | 15 |
| 2008 | Cali, Colombia | Deysi Cori (PER) | 17 |
| 2009 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Stephanie Amed (ARG) | 11 |
| 2010 | Cali, Colombia | Aura Cristina Salazar (COL) | 25 |
| 2011 | Durán, Ecuador | Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda (COL) | 27 |
| 2012 | São Paulo, Brazil | Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda (COL) | 23 |
| 2013 | Bogotá, Colombia | Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda (COL) | 26 |
| 2014 | Asunción, Paraguay | Ann Chumpitaz Carbajal (PER) | 16 |
| 2015 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Ashritha Eswaran (USA) | 24 |
| 2016 | Guatapé, Colombia | Lilia Ivonne Fuentes Godoy (MEX) | 23 |
| 2017 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Javiera Belén Gómez Barrera (CHI) | 29 |
| 2018 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Thalia Cervantes Landeiro (USA) | 28 |
| 2019 | Cochabamba, Bolivia | Danitza Vázquez (PRI) | 28 |