Echesspedia

Costa Rica has participated to 11 Olympiads since 1962. The best ranking was 32^nd in 1976.  Gonzales Acosta and Charpentier Morales as members of the national team collected 2 medals for individual performance in 1986 and 1994.

The best players was Ramirez Alejandro, the only Costa Rican Grandmaster before to be listed under US players.

In 2010 Costa Rica was ranked 71^st among the countries (2301) with 1 IGMs, 7 IMs and a total of 15 titled players:

The national champions were:

1927 Rómulo Salas, 1930 Juan José Loria, 1937 Carlos M. Valverde, 1938 Joaquín Gutiérrez, 1939 Joaquín Gutiérrez, 1940 Carlos M. Valverde, 1941 Carlos M. Valverde, 1942 Carlos M. Valverde, 1943 Joaquín Gutiérrez, 1944 Joaquín Gutiérrez, 1945 Carlos M. Valverde, 1946 Antonio Rojas, 1947 Rogelio Sotela, 1948 Jaime Soley, 1949 Rogelio Sotela, 1950 Rogelio Sotela, 1951 Rogelio Sotela, 1952 R. Charpentier, 1953 R. Charpentier,1954 R. Charpentier, 1955 R. Charpentier, 1956 R. Charpentier, 1957 R. Charpentier, 1958 R. Charpentier, 1959  R. Charpentier, 1960 Pablo Amiguetti, 1961 José Ma. Soto, 1962 Walter Field, 1963 Pablo Amiguetti, 1964 Samuel Li Chen, 1965 Fernando Montero, 1966 Fernando Montero, 1968 Alfonso Morales, 1969 J. Vander Laat, 1970 Fernando Aguilar, 1971 Fernando Aguilar, 1972 Juan León Jiménez, 1973 Jaime Vaglio, 1974 Fernando Montero, 1975 Juan León Jiménez, 1976 Jaime Vaglio, 1977 Juan León Jiménez, 1978 Juan León Jiménez, 1979 W. Charpentier M., 1980 W. Charpentier M., 1981     W. Charpentier M., 1982 Eduardo Piza, 1983 Alexis Vargas, 1984 Francis Mayland, 1985W. Charpentier M. 1986 Jaime Vaglio, 1987 W. Charpentier M., 1989 W. Charpentier M., 1990 B. González A.,1991 B. González A., 1992 Sergio Minero, 1993 B. González A., 1994 W. Charpentier M., 1995 B. González A., 1996 B. González A., 1997 Alexis Murillo, 1998 Leonardo Valdés, 1999 Sergio Minero, 2000 B. González A., 2001 B. González A., 2002 Leonardo Valdés, 2003 Manuel Bernal González, 2004 Sergio Minero, 2005 Bernal González, 2006 Bernal González, 2007 Leonardo Valdés, 2008 Manuel Bernal González, 2009 Mauricio Arias, 2010 Manuel Bernal González, 2011 Manuel Bernal González.

The national team against Lebanon in 2010