# Pan American Team Chess Championship

The Pan American Team Chess Championship is an international team chess tournament open to national federations affiliated to FIDE in the Americas. It is organized by the Confederation of Chess for America (CCA), and the winner qualifies to participate at the next World Team Chess Championship.
The tournament has been held at irregular intervals since 1971. Its most recent edition took place in 2013, which was won by the United States in its debut appearance at the event. Cuba has won five of the nine editions of the tournament, Argentina has won twice, and Brazil and the United States have each won once.

## Competition

Each member federation located in FIDE Zones 2.1 to 2.5 is entitled to enter a national team of four players and up to two reserve players. Matches are contested on four boards. The final standings in the tournament are determined by the number of game points scored by each team. The tournament has been held as a single round-robin except in 1987 and 2013, when a double round-robin was played. Between four and eight teams have participated in each edition of the tournament.

## Results

| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Participating federations |
| 1971 | Tucumán | Argentina Miguel Najdorf Oscar Panno Raúl Sanguineti Miguel Quinteros Samuel Schweber | Cuba Eleazar Jiménez Silvino García Martínez Eldis Cobo Arteaga Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles Román Hernández Onna | Brazil Eduardo Asfora Vitório Chemin Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk Hélder Câmara Francisco Alves dos Santos | Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Cuba Ecuador Paraguay Uruguay |
| 1985 | Villa Gesell | Argentina Miguel Najdorf Miguel Quinteros Oscar Panno Gerardo Barbero Pablo Ricardi Guillermo Soppe | Brazil Jaime Sunye Neto Gilberto Milos Rubens Filguth Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk Francisco Trois | Chile Iván Morovic Roberto Cifuentes Manuel Abarca Aguirre Carlos Silva Sánchez Marcelo Duarte Christian Michel Yunis | Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru Uruguay |
| 1987 | Junín | Cuba Jesús Nogueiras Amador Rodríguez Céspedes Guillermo García González Reynaldo Vera Joaquin Carlos Diaz Walter Arencibia | Chile Roberto Cifuentes Hernán Salazar Jacob Manuel Abarca Aguirre Carlos Silva Sánchez Marcelo Duarte Ricardo Araya | Argentina Marcelo Tempone Guillermo Soppe Jorge Gómez Baillo Ariel Sorín Alejandro Hoffman Carlos Schwanek | Argentina Chile Cuba Paraguay Peru Uruguay |
| 1991 | Guarapuava | Cuba Jesús Nogueiras Walter Arencibia Amador Rodríguez Céspedes Reynaldo Vera Román Hernández Onna Joaquin Carlos Diaz | Brazil Jaime Sunye Neto Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk Darcy Lima Cícero Braga Aron Corrêa Everaldo Matsuura | Colombia Alonso Zapata Gildardo García Nelson Gamboa Jorge Mario Clavijo Ricardo Díaz | Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Cuba Mexico Paraguay Uruguay |
| 1995 | Cascavel | Cuba Jesús Nogueiras Walter Arencibia Reynaldo Vera Amador Rodríguez Céspedes Julio Becerra Rivero Juan Borges Mateos | Argentina Pablo Zarnicki Pablo Ricardi Sergio David Slipak Ariel Sorín Marcelo Tempone Alejandro Hoffman | Brazil Gilberto Milos Jaime Sunye Neto Darcy Lima Giovanni Vescovi Everaldo Matsuura Cícero Braga | Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Cuba Paraguay Uruguay |
| 2000 | Mérida | Cuba Reynaldo Vera Jesús Nogueiras Walter Arencibia Lázaro Bruzón Leinier Domínguez Rodney Pérez | Brazil Gilberto Milos Rafael Leitão Giovanni Vescovi Darcy Lima | Uruguay Martín Crosa Coll Guillermo Carvalho Fattoruso Daniel Izquierdo Saravia Mario Saralegui Cassan Jaime Escofet Fernández | Brazil Cuba Netherlands Antilles Venezuela (two teams) Uruguay |
| 2003 | Rio de Janeiro | Cuba Leinier Domínguez Lázaro Bruzón Neuris Delgado Ramírez Walter Arencibia Reynaldo Vera | Brazil Henrique Mecking Darcy Lima Cícero Braga Everaldo Matsuura Eduardo Limp Rodrigo Disconzi da Silva | Ecuador Carlos Matamoros Franco Daniel Mieles Palau Plinio Pazos Gambarrotti Martha Fierro | Brazil Cuba Ecuador Paraguay |
| 2009 | Mendes | Brazil Giovanni Vescovi Rafael Leitão Alexandr Fier Gilberto Milos André Diamant Darcy Lima | Cuba Leinier Domínguez Lázaro Bruzón Fidel Corrales Jiménez Neuris Delgado Ramírez Yuniesky Quesada Holden Hernández Carmenates | Venezuela Rafael Prasca Sosa Johann Álvarez Márquez José Sequera Paolini Wiston Boada Julio Ostos | Argentina Brazil Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Venezuela |
| 2013 | Campinas | United States Alexander Onischuk Varuzhan Akobian Ray Robson Aleksandr Lenderman Sam Shankland | Cuba Leinier Domínguez Lázaro Bruzón Yuniesky Quesada Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez | Brazil Henrique Mecking Gilberto Milos Felipe El Debs Diego Di Berardino Everaldo Matsuura | Brazil Cuba United States Uruguay |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Brazil | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

## Other international team tournaments in the Americas

Team chess events are currently part of the program at the Central American Games, and have sometimes been part of the Bolivarian Games, most recently in 2013.
Mar del Plata hosted a South American Team Chess Championship in 1989 won by Argentina, and a Mercosur Olympiad in 2009 won by Brazil.
A Central American and Caribbean Team Chess Championship was held annually from 1963 to 1975. Previously, the same name had been given to a team chess tournament held as a side event at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama City, which was won by Cuba.
A Central American Team Chess Championship has been held annually since 2011. A tournament by the same name had previously been contested four times from 1946 to 1953.