Echesspedia

The Commonwealth Chess Association was created in 1981 but a first Commonwealth championship was already organized in 1950 in Oxford won by the Scottish player William Fairhurst. The tournament is generally open to all players but the title goes to the first citizen member of the Commonwealth.

Other champions were: 1983 Ian Rogers (AUS) and Gregory Hjorth (AUS), 1984 Kevin Spraggett (CAN) and Murray Chandler (ENG), 1985 Praveen Thipsay (IND) and Kevin Spraggett (CAN), 1988 Gary Lane (ENG) and Michael Adams (ENG), 1989 Ian Rogers (AUS), 1990 Stewart Conquest (ENG), 1991 Michael Adams (ENG), 1992 Colin McNab (SCO), 1996 Poorna Mithrakanth (IND), 1999 Alexander Baburin (IRE), 2000 Krishnan Sashikiran (IND), 2001 Pendyala Harikrishna (IND), 2003 Dibayendu Barua (IND), 2004 Nigel Short (ENG), 2006 Nigel Short (ENG), 2007 Ramesh (IND), 2008 Nigel Short (ENG), 2009 Enrique Paciencia (SIN), 2010 RR Laxman (IND), 2011 Gawain Jones (ENG).

Nigel Short winner of three Commonwealth titles