The Philippine Chess Championship is organized by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP). Champions before 2008 {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Year !! Champion |- | 1908 || Fernando Canon |- | 1909–1913 ||Alvah E. Johnson |- | 1914–1921 ||Ismael Amado |- | 1922–1924 ||Leopoldo Lafuente |- | 1925 ||Jose D. Warren |- | 1926 ||Datu Alip |- | 1927–1930 ||Adolfo Gutierrez |- | 1931 || Ramon Lontoc Jr. |- | 1932–1933 || no tournament held |- | 1934 || Datu Sandangan |- | 1935 ||Ramon Lontoc Jr. |- | 1936 || Rogelio Catanjal |- | 1937 ||Castor Catalbas |- | 1938 || Antonio Navarro |- | 1939 || William Lucena |- | 1940 ||Ramon Lontoc Jr. |- | 1941 ||Ramon Lontoc Jr. |- | 1942 || Max Hoeflein |- | 1943 ||Antonio Arce |- | 1944–1945 || tournament not held |- | 1946 ||Horacio P. Tagle |- | 1947 ||Ramon Lontoc Jr. |- | 1948 || Antonio Navarro |- | 1949 ||Ramon Lontoc Jr. |- | 1950 ||Rosendo Bandal Sr. |- | 1951 || Serafin Alvarez |- | 1952 ||Jose Pascual |- | 1953 ||Meliton Borja |- | 1954 || tournament not held |- | 1955 ||Jose Pascual |- | 1956 || Florencio Campomanes, Ramon Lontoc Jr. |- | 1957 ||Meliton Borja |- | 1958 ||Ramon Lontoc Jr. |- | 1959 ||Jose Pascual |- | 1960 ||Florencio Campomanes |- | 1961 || Rosendo Balinas |- | 1963 || Rodolfo Tan Cardoso |- | 1964 ||Rosendo Balinas |- | 1965 || Renato Naranja |- | 1966 ||Rosendo Balinas |- | 1967 ||Renato Naranja |- | 1970 || Eugenio Torre |- | 1971 ||Rosendo Balinas |- | 1972 ||Eugenio Torre |- | 1973 ||Renato Naranja |- | 1974 ||Eugenio Torre |- | 1976 ||Eugenio Torre |- | 1990 || Rogelio Antonio |- | 1996 || Rogelio Barcenilla |- | 1998 || Buenaventura Villamayor |- | 2001 ||Eugenio Torre |- | 2002 ||Eugenio Torre |- | 2004 || Darwin Laylo |- | 2006 ||Darwin Laylo |} Battle of the Grandmasters Since 2008 the final stages of both the open and women's championship, dubbed "Battle of the Grandmasters", have been round-robin tournaments held concurrently. {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Year !! Place !! Open Champion !! Women's Champion |- | 2008 || Manila || John Paul Gomez || Catherine Pereña |- | 2009 || Dapitan || Wesley So || Shercila Cua |- |