The 50th edition of Lebanese Individual Chess Championship is taking place June 21 – July 1 in Keshmat, Lebanon. The Keshmat Chess Club will be the venue, which has operated the Lebanese Chess Championship for the past 4 years. Top players are Joe Assaad, Michel Adeimi, Adib Arkadan, Akram Khoder, Ahmad Najjar, etc.
Live games of the Lebanese Individual Chess Championship will be daily on Chessdom. Scroll down for a list of the Lebanese National Chess Champions. For more national championship check out The Chess Calendar
Lebanese National Chess Champions
Year
Champion
1953
Charles Salameh
1955
Georges Malias
1956
Edgar Chalabi
1957
Serge Majarov
1958
Edgar Chalabi
1959
Carlos Maalouf
1960
Serge Majarov
1961
Fares Farah
1962
Serge Majarov
1964
Charles Salameh
1965
Jack Bedros
1966
Maurice Gabriel
1967
Antoine Ghaleb
1968
Charles Salameh
1970
Samir Sursock
1971
Samir Sursock
1972
Andre Tarazi
1974
Safwan Akkari
1992
Samir Sursock
1993
Mounir Tawbeh
1994
Fadi Eid
1995
Antoine Kassis
1996
Ahmad Najjar
1997
Mansour Assaf
1998
Fadi Eid
1999
Ahmad Najjar
2000
AbdelAziz ElMahmoud
2001
Haitham Omar
2002
Faisal Khairallah
2003
Faisal Khairallah
2004
Faisal Khairallah
2005
Knarik Mouradian
2006
Fadi Eid
2007
Ahmad Najjar
2008
Faisal Khairallah
2009
Fadi Eid
2010
Amr ElJawish (Youngest)
2011
Faisal Khairallah
2012
Faisal Khairallah
2013
Ibrahim Chahrour
2014
Faisal Khairallah
2015
Amr ElJawish
2016
Faisal Khairallah
2017
Amr ElJawish
2018
Antoine Kassis
2020
Ahmad Najjar
2022
Amr ElJawish
2023
Ahmad Najjar
2024
Akram Khoder