The Pakistani Chess Championship is organized by the Chess Federation of Pakistan. Prior to 1970 four championships were held in West Pakistan without participation by players from East Pakistan. This changed in 1970 with the founding of the Pakistan National Chess Federation, which for the first time incorporated players and executive members from both parts of Pakistan, and the national championship that year was held in Chittagong. In 1977 the name of the organization was changed to the Chess Federation of Pakistan.[1] The first Pakistani Women's Chess Championship was held in 2000.
Open championship winners
Multiple titles:
- 16 titles: IM Mahmood Lodhi
- 4 titles: Zahiruddin Farooqui
- 3 titles: Shaikh Muhammad Akram, Tunveer Gillani
- 2 titles: IM Shahzad Mirza
Women's championship winners
No. Year Place Champion 1 2000[13] Karachi Zenobia Wasif[14] 2 2010 Islamabad Nida Mishraz Siddiqui[14] 3 2012 Karachi Zenobia Wasif[14] 4 2014 Lahore Zenobia Wasif[15] 5 2016 Karachi Ghazala[16] 6 2018 Karachi Zenobia Wasif[17] 7 2022 Gilgit Mehak Gul[18]
References
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- ^ "31st Pakistan National Chess Championship 2018". Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "32nd Pakistan National Chess Championship 2022". Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "33nd Pakistan National Chess Championship 2024". Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "National Women Chess to be held after nine years". DAWN. Karachi. 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ a b c "Zenobia grabs chess title". DAWN. Karachi. 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "Final Report of the 4th Pakistan National Women Chess Championship". FIDE. 2014-04-03. Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ "Ghazala won 5th Pakistan Women National Chess Championship 2016". FIDE. 2016-05-24. Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ "6th Pakistan National Women Chess Championship 2018". Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - National Women Chess Championship 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2024-03-02.