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. The first Pakistani Women's Chess Championship was held in 2000.

Open championship winners

Year Place Champion 1 1959 Lahore Shaikh Muhammad Akram 2 1960 Lahore Shaikh Muhammad Akram 3 1962 Lahore Abdul Sattar 4 1964 Karachi Shaikh Muhammad Akram 5 1970 Chittagong Zahiruddin Farooqui 6 1974 Karachi Ghulam Dastgir Butt 7 1976 Rawalpindi Zahiruddin Farooqui 8 1978 Karachi Zahiruddin Farooqui 9 1979 Karachi Zahiruddin Farooqui 10 1980 Lahore Shahzad Mirza 11 1982 Karachi Mahmood Khan 12 1983 Sargodha Mahmood Lodhi 13 1984 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi 14 1985 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi 15 1986 Sargodha Mahmood Lodhi 16 1987 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi 17 1988 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi 18 1990 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi 19 1991 Lahore Tunveer Gillani 20 1993 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi 21 1997 Peshawar Shahzad Mirza 22 1998 Quetta Mahmood Lodhi 23 1999 Lahore Mahmood Lodhi 24 2004 Lahore Tunveer Gillani 25 2006 Rawalpindi Tunveer Gillani 26 2008 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi 27 2010 Islamabad Mahmood Lodhi 28 2012 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi 29 2014 Lahore Mahmood Lodhi 30 2016 Karachi Mahmood Lodhi 31 2018 Lahore Mahmood Lodhi 32 2022 Gilgit Amer Karim 33 2024 Islamabad Mafaaz Khalid

Multiple titles:

  • 2 titles: IM Shahzad Mirza

Women's championship winners

No. Year Place Champion 1 2000 Karachi Zenobia Wasif 2 2010 Islamabad Nida Mishraz Siddiqui 3 2012 Karachi Zenobia Wasif 4 2014 Lahore Zenobia Wasif 5 2016 Karachi Ghazala 6 2018 Karachi Zenobia Wasif 7 2022 Gilgit Mehak Gul 8 2024 Islamabad Sehba Shah