The chess championship of El Salvador is organized by the Salvadoran Chess Federation (), and was first held in 1946. FIDE Master Boris Pineda has won the title a record eight times. A separate Salvadoran Women's Chess Championship has also been held annually since 1992.
National championship winners {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Year !! National champion |- | 1946 || Antonio Salazar |- | 1947 || Antonio González |- | 1952 || Juan Serrano |- | 1954 || Benjamin Oliva |- | 1955 || Juan Serrano |- | 1958 || Benjamin Oliva |- | 1959 || Donato Pineda |- | 1960 || Donato Pineda |- | 1961 || Benjamin Oliva |- | 1962 || Juan Serrano |- | 1963 || Helios Quintanilla |- | 1964 || Jaime Soley |- | 1965 || Juan Serrano |- | 1966 || Atilio Mojica |- | 1967 || Benjamín Rojas |- | 1968 || Benjamín Rojas |- | 1969 || Atilio Mojica |- | 1970 || Leonardo Mena |- | 1971 || Antonio Grimaldi |- | 1972 || Atilio Mojica |- | 1973 || Antonio Grimaldi |- | 1974 || René Grimaldi |- | 1975 || Boris Pineda |- | 1976 || Boris Pineda |- | 1977 || Boris Pineda |- | 1978 ||René Grimaldi |- | 1979 || Manuel Velásquez |- | 1980 || Manuel Velásquez |- | 1982 || Salvador Infante |- | 1984 || Eduardo Vásquez |- | 1985 || Salvador Infante |- | 1987 || René Grimaldi |- | 1989 || René Grimaldi |- | 1990 || Roberto Camacho |- | 1991 || Boris Pineda |- | 1992 || Boris Pineda |- | 1994 || Salvador Infante
| 1995 || Salvador Infante |- | 1996 || Boris Pineda |- | 1997 || Roberto Camacho
| 1998 || Boris Pineda |- | 1999 || |- | 2000 || Héctor Leyva |- | 2001 || Lemnys Arias |- | 2002 || Carlos Burgos |- | 2003 || Boris Pineda |- | 2004 || Carlos Burgos |- | 2005 || Héctor Leyva |- | 2006 || Lemnys Arias |- | 2007 ||Lemnys Arias |- | 2008 || Héctor Leyva |- | 2009 || Héctor Leyva |- | 2010 || Héctor Leyva |- | 2011 ||Oscar Velásquez |- | 2012 || Gustavo Aguilar |- | 2013 ||Daniel Arias |- | 2014 || Carlos Burgos |- | 2015 || Carlos Burgos
| 2016 || Ricardo Chávez
| 2017 ||Jorge Giron
| 2018 || Lemnys Arias |- | 2019 || Lemnys Arias
| 2020 || Lemnys Arias |- | 2021 || Ricardo Chávez |- | 2022 || Jorge Girónhttps://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=282549&t=0
Women's championship winners {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Year !! Women's champion
| 1992 || Reyna Chávez
| 1993 || Reyna Chávez |- | 1994 || Brenda Cienfuegos
| 1995 || Brenda Cienfuegos |- | 1996 || Brenda Cienfuegos |- | 1997 || Sonia Zepeda
| 1998 || Sonia Zepeda |- | 1999 || Sonia Zepeda |- | 2000 || Sonia Zepeda |- | 2001 || Lorena Zepeda |- | 2002 || Lorena Zepeda |- | 2003 || Nayda Avalos |- | 2004 || Lorena Zepeda |- | 2005 || Lorena Zepeda |- | 2006 || Lorena Zepeda |- | 2007 || Lorena Zepeda |- | 2008 || Ada Castañeda |- | 2009 || Sonia Zepeda |- | 2010 || Marcela Aguilar |- | 2011 || Bera Hernandez |- | 2012 || Gabriela Avelar |- | 2013 || Ingrid Sanchez |- | 2014 || Ingrid Sanchez |- | 2015 || Ingrid Sanchez
| 2016 || Marjorie Herrera
| 2017 || |Judith Santos
| 2018 || Andrea Ortez |- | 2019 || Marjorie Herrera
| 2020 || Andrea Ortez |- | 2021 || Angie Garcia |- | 2022 || Andrea Ortezhttps://ajedrezenelsalvador.org/?s=2022&x=0&y=0
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