Lebanese Chess Championship

The first official Lebanese Chess Championship was held in 1953. Lebanese chess players had organized a tournament in 1943 to determine an unofficial champion, won by Charles Salameh. In 1953 Salameh also won the first official championship tournament. The championship has been held regularly, except in the war years of 1969, 1973, and 1975 to 1991. Edgard Chalabi's death caused the 1963 championship to be skipped, and no championship was held in 2006. The women's championship began in 1994.

Men and women play together in a single tournament. The top scorer wins the men's (overall) championship, the top female scorer wins the women's championship. In 2005, 22-year-old WIM Knarik Mouradian became the first woman to win the men's championship, winning eight games, drawing three, and losing none (9.5/11). FM Ahmad Najjar finished second. In 2007 they exchanged places, with Najjar winning the men's championship with 8.0/9 and Mouradian in second place a half point behind with 7.5/9 to win the women's championship.

Results

Year Men's Champion[1] Women's Champion[1]
1953 Charles Salameh
1955 Georges Malias
1956 Edgard Chalabi
1957 Serge Majarov
1958 Edgard Chalabi
1959 Carlos Maalouf
1960 Serge Majarov
1961 Fares Farah
1962 Serge Majarov
1964 Charles Salameh
1965 Jacques Bedros
1966 Maurice Gabriel
1967 Antoine Ghaleb
1968 Charles Salameh
1970 Samir Sursock
1971 Samir Sursock
1972 Andre Tarazi
1974 Safwan Akkari
1992 Samir Sursock
1993 Mounir Tawbeh
1994 Fadi Eid Danielle Ghattas
1995 Antoine Kassis Suzan Mouradian
1996 Ahmad Najjar Knarik Mouradian
1997 Mansour Assaf Knarik Mouradian
1998 Fadi Eid Knarik Mouradian
1999 Ahmad Najjar Suzan Mouradian
2000 Abdulaziz Mahmoud Knarik Mouradian
2001 Haytham Omar Knarik Mouradian
2002 Faysal Khairallah Suzan Mouradian
2003 Faysal Khairallah Suzan Mouradian
2004 Faysal Khairallah Knarik Mouradian
2005 Knarik Mouradian Suzan Mouradian
2007 Najjar Ahmad Knarik Mouradian
2008 Faysal Khairallah Knarik Mouradian
2009 Fadi Eid Maya Jaloul
2010 Amro El Jawich Knarik Mouradian
2011 Faysal Khairallah
2012 Faysal Khairallah[2]
2013 Ibrahim Chahrour[3]
2014 Faysal Khairallah[4]
2015 Amro El Jawich[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lebanese Champions". Lebanese Chess Federation. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. "Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2012". Chess-Results.com. Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. Kayle, Charles (12 October 2013). "Ibrahim Chahrour: Champion of Lebanon". Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. "40th Lebanese Individual Chess Championship 2014 - Final Stage". Chess-Results.com. Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. Kayle, Charles (8 December 2015). "Final round of the 41st Lebanese Individual Championship – Final Stage 2015". Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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