National Champions
National Chess Champions
Find national chess champions by country, with past winners, title records, and a history of each championship.
United States
U.S. Chess Champions
A chronological list of U.S. chess champions, with a short history of the championship from the match era to the modern Saint Louis round-robin.
- Current champion
- Fabiano Caruana
- Most championships
- Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer, 8 each
- First championship
- 1845 match claim; formal USCF-era tournament from 1936
Britain
British Chess Champions
A list of British Chess Championship winners with a short history of the main championship series from 1904 to the latest completed event.
- Current champion
- Shreyas Royal
- Most championships
- Jonathan Penrose, 10; Henry Ernest Atkins and Michael Adams, 9 each
- First championship
- Current series founded in 1904
Germany
German Chess Champions
A list of German chess championship winners, covering predecessor congresses, divided Germany, and the reunified national championship.
- Current champion
- Leonardo Costa
- Most championships
- Wolfgang Uhlmann, 11 East German championships
- First championship
- Championship events from 1861; unified post-reunification series from 1991
India
Indian Chess Champions
A list of Indian National Premier Chess Championship winners, with a short history of India's open national championship from 1955 to the latest completed event.
- Current champion
- P. Iniyan
- Most championships
- Manuel Aaron, 9
- First championship
- National Premier Chess Championship founded in 1955
Poland
Polish Chess Champions
A list of Polish Chess Championship winners, covering the men's national championship from the interwar era to the latest completed title event.
- Current champion
- Szymon Gumularz
- Most championships
- Włodzimierz Schmidt, 7
- First championship
- First Polish Championship held in Warsaw in 1926
Sweden
Swedish Chess Champions
A list of Swedish Chess Championship winners, with a short history of the title from early match play to the modern Schack-SM championship group.
- Current champion
- Edvin Trost
- Most championships
- Erik Lundin and Axel Ornstein, 7 each
- First championship
- Official title matches from 1917; tournament-only championship line from 1939
France
French Chess Champions
A list of French Chess Championship winners, covering the official national championship from 1923 to the latest completed event.
- Current champion
- Étienne Bacrot
- Most championships
- Étienne Bacrot, 9 when the shared 2012 title is counted
- First championship
- Official French Championship first held in 1923
Turkey
Turkish Chess Champions
Turkish Chess Championship winners from 1962 to the latest completed event, with historical context, inclusion rules, and cited federation sources.
- Current champion
- Işık Can
- Most championships
- Nevzat Süer, 7
- First championship
- Open Turkish Championship winners listed from 1962
Italy
Italian Chess Champions
A list of Italian Chess Championship winners, covering the official national championship from 1921 to the latest completed title event.
- Current champion
- Luca Moroni
- Most championships
- Stefano Tatai, 12
- First championship
- Official Italian Championship first held in Viareggio in 1921
Spain
Spanish Chess Champions
A list of Spanish Chess Championship winners, covering the absolute national championship from early title events to the latest completed championship.
- Current champion
- Alan Pichot
- Most championships
- Miguel Illescas, 8
- First championship
- Early title events from 1902; first official championship in 1928
Greece
Greek Chess Champions
A list of Greek Chess Championship winners, covering the open Panhellenic individual championship and its main title records.
- Current champion
- Vangelis Patrelakis
- Most championships
- Vasilios Kotronias, 10
- First championship
- Listed open champions from 1934; numbered postwar championship line from 1949
Brazil
Brazilian Chess Champions
A list of Brazilian Chess Championship winners, covering the national absolute championship from 1927 to the latest completed event.
- Current champion
- Luis Paulo Supi
- Most championships
- João de Souza Mendes, Rafael Leitão, and Giovanni Vescovi, 7 each
- First championship
- Brazilian Championship first held in Rio de Janeiro in 1927
Canada
Canadian Chess Champions
A list of Canadian Chess Championship winners, covering the Canadian Closed title from the nineteenth century to the latest completed zonal championship.
- Current champion
- Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
- Most championships
- Maurice Fox and Daniel Yanofsky, 8 each
- First championship
- First completed Canadian championship held in 1873
Mexico
Mexican Chess Champions
A list of Mexican Chess Championship winners, covering the National Closed and National Absolute championship line from 1973 onward.
- Current champion
- Arturo Fernández Hernández
- Most championships
- Juan Carlos González Zamora, 9
- First championship
- National Closed Championship founded in 1973
Netherlands
Dutch Chess Champions
A list of Dutch Chess Championship winners, covering the early national tournaments and the official championship series from 1909 to the latest event.
- Current champion
- Sergei Tiviakov
- Most championships
- Max Euwe, 13
- First championship
- Early national tournament series from 1873; official championship founded in 1909
Hungary
Hungarian Chess Champions
A list of Hungarian Chess Championship winners, covering the open national title from its 1906 foundation to the latest completed event.
- Current champion
- Bence Korpa
- Most championships
- László Szabó, Lajos Portisch, and Zoltán Almási, 9 each
- First championship
- First Hungarian Championship held in Győr in 1906
Czech Republic
Czech Chess Champions
A list of Czech Chess Championship winners, covering the historical Bohemian events and the Czech Republic championship from 1993 onward.
- Current champion
- David Navara
- Most championships
- David Navara, 14 Czech Republic titles
- First championship
- Bohemian championships from 1905; Czech Republic championship from 1993
Romania
Romanian Chess Champions
A list of Romanian Chess Championship winners, covering the open national title from the early events to the latest completed championship.
- Current champion
- Bogdan-Daniel Deac
- Most championships
- Florin Gheorghiu, 9
- First championship
- Early championships from 1926; annual series established in 1946
Ukraine
Ukrainian Chess Champions
A chronological list of Ukrainian Chess Championship winners, from the Ukrainian SSR events to the latest independent Ukraine championship.
- Current champion
- Vladyslav Bakhmatskyi
- Most championships
- Anatoly Bannik, 5
- First championship
- Kyiv, 1924
China
Chinese Chess Champions
Chinese chess champions by year, with past winners, championship history, and title records.
- Latest recorded champion
- Xu Xiangyu
- Most championships
- Ye Jiangchuan, 7 championships
- First championship
- 1957
Australia
Australian Chess Champions
Australian chess champions by year, with past winners, championship history, and title records.
- Latest recorded champion
- Yi Liu
- Most championships
- Darryl Johansen, 6 championships
- First championship
- 1885
Philippines
Philippine Chess Champions
Philippine chess champions by year, with past winners, championship history, and title records.
- Latest recorded champion
- Jan Emmanuel Garcia
- Most championships
- Ramon Lontoc Jr., 8 championships
- First championship
- 1908
Russia
Russian Chess Champions
Russian chess champions by year, with past winners, championship history, and title records.
- Latest recorded champion
- Arseniy Nesterov
- Most championships
- Peter Svidler, 8 championships
- First championship
- 1899 (All-Russian series)
Uzbekistan
Uzbek Chess Champions
Uzbek chess champions by year, with past winners, championship history, and title records.
- Latest recorded champion
- Javokhir Sindarov
- Most championships
- Alexander Grushevsky, 8 championships
- First championship
- 1930 (Uzbek SSR)
Argentina
Argentine Chess Champions
Argentine chess champions by year, with past winners, championship history, and title records.
- Latest recorded champion
- Diego Flores
- Most championships
- Miguel Najdorf and Diego Flores, 8 each
- First championship
- 1921 edition (match played in 1922)
About These National Lists
Each page covers a country's open championship, including changes in format, shared titles, and disputed early results.