Pan American Team Chess Championship

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 {{chessgloss|board|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.{{cite web |last=Nóbrega Jr. |first=Adaucto Wanderley |title=Campeonato Panamericano por Equipes |language=pt |url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/p.php |work=BrasilBase |access-date=7 December 2020}}

{{Medals table

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| gold_CUB = 5 | silver_CUB = 3 | bronze_CUB = 0

| gold_ARG = 2 | silver_ARG = 1 | bronze_ARG = 1

| gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 4 | bronze_BRA = 3

| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 0

| gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 1 | bronze_CHI = 1

| gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 1

| gold_ECU = 0 | silver_ECU = 0 | bronze_ECU = 1

| gold_URU = 0 | silver_URU = 0 | bronze_URU = 1

| gold_VEN = 0 | silver_VEN = 0 | bronze_VEN = 1

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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,{{cite web |last=Bartelski |first=Wojciech |title=1st South American Team Chess Championship: Mar del Plata 1989 |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/1989as/1989in.html |work=OlimpBase |access-date=7 December 2020}} and a Mercosur Olympiad in 2009 won by Brazil.{{cite web |last=Bartelski |first=Wojciech |title=1st Mercosur Chess Olympiad: Mar del Plata 2009 |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2009om/2009in.html |work=OlimpBase |access-date=7 December 2020}}

A Central American and Caribbean Team Chess Championship was held annually from 1963 to 1975.{{cite web |last=Bartelski |first=Wojciech |title=CACAC Team Chess Championship's Overall Statistics: 1963-1975 |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/statisticscc/all_team.html |work=OlimpBase |access-date=7 December 2020}} 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.{{Cite news |last= Corzo |first= Juan |authorlink=Juan Corzo | date = 27 February 1938 | title = Conquista Cuba el campeonato de Centroamérica y del Caribe | url = https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/corzo.html | page = 13 | magazine = Carteles | language = Spanish | accessdate = 10 December 2020}}

A Central American Team Chess Championship has been held annually since 2011.{{cite web |last=Bartelski |first=Wojciech |title=1st Mercosur Chess Olympiad: Mar del Plata 2009 |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/2009om/2009in.html |work=OlimpBase |access-date=7 December 2020}} A tournament by the same name had previously been contested four times from 1946 to 1953.{{Cite news |last= Sotela Montagné |first= Rogelio |authorlink=Rogelio Sotela | date = 23 November 1946 | title = Del primer campeonato centroamericano de ajedrez | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OqwcAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6 | page = 10 | newspaper = La Nación | language = Spanish | accessdate = 10 December 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Tsijli |first1=Alexis Murillo |last2=Tsijli |first2=Manuel Murillo |date=2003 |title=El ajedrez en Costa Rica |trans-title=Chess in Costa Rica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uh5pdNWNGVAC&pg=PA127 |language=Spanish |page=127 |publisher=Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica |isbn=9789977677187 |access-date=14 December 2020}}

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• Chess Olympiad
• Chess at the African Games
• Asian Team Chess Championship
• European Team Chess Championship

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{{Panamerican Championships}}

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