The National Collegiate Athletic Association chess tournament is held every first semester of the Philippines academic year. The eight members schools send in a four-member team in both the Seniors and Juniors Division.
The structure is a Swiss-system tournament. In the end of the tournament, the schools with the two top scores would figure in a Finals match.
Champions
AcademicYear MenJuniors 1976–77 (1)1977–78 (2) (1) 1978–79 (1) (2) 1979–80 (2) (3) 1980–81 (3) (4) 1981–82 (1) Trinity College of Quezon City (1) 1982–83 (3) (1) 1983–84 (4) (1) 1984–85 (5) (2) 1985–86 (4) (3) 1986–87 (6) (4) 1987–88 (2) (2) 1988–89 (3) (5) 1989–90 (4) (1) 1990–91 (5) (2) 1991–92 (7) (3) 1992–93 (1) (1) 1993–94 (8) (2) 1994–95 (9) (3) 1995–96 (10) (4) 1996–97 (11) (6) 1997–98 (6) (4) 1998–99 (7) (5) 1999–2000 (8) (3) 2000–01 (9) (4) 2001–02 (10) (5) 2002–03 (11) (6) 2003–04 (5) (7) 2004–05 (12) (6) 2005–06 (1) (7) 2006–07 (1) (1) 2007–08 (2) (8) 2008–09 (3) (9) 2009–10 (6) (8) 2010–11 (4) (5) 2011–12 (5) (9) 2012–13 (13) (10) 2013–14 (14) (11) 2014–15 (1) (12) 2015–16 (2) (5) 2016–17 (2) (13) 2017–18 (3) (14) 2018–19 (6) (1) 2019–20 (1) (6) 2020–21 (1) (15) 2021–22 Not held due to the COVID–19 pandemic2022–23 2023–24 (2) (1) 2024–25 (4) (2) 2025–26 (7) (7)
Number of championships by school
School Seniors' Juniors' Total 14923 61520 11617 4711 707 055 213 123 202 112 Trinity College of Quezon City011
Notes
References
Champions list at the official NCAA Philippines website Presidents and hosts list at the official NCAA Philippines website Philippine Chess Forum