The first Argentine Chess Championship was held in 1921. The Champion's title was granted after victorious or drawn match between previous champion and challenger, a winner of Torneo Mayor (this or the next year). The matches were done away in 1950 year, for except 1952 year.
The Argentine Chess Championship is organized by the Argentine Chess Federation.
Matches winners (1921–1953)
The results of the matches were as follows:
1921/22 Damian Reca – Benito Villegas 5 : 2
1922 Benito Villegas – Lizardo Molina Carranza 6.5 : 1.5 (extra-official match)
1924 Damián Reca – Benito Villegas 5 : 3
1924 Richard Réti (CSR) – Damián Reca 2.5 : 0.5 (non-official match)
1925 Damián Reca – Julio Lynch 5.5 : 2.5 (extra-official match)
1926 Roberto Grau – Damián Reca 5 : 3
1927/28 Damián Reca resigned to play a match for the title.
1929 Roberto Grau – Isaías Pleci 4 : 0
1930 Isaías Pléci – Roberto Grau 5 : 3
1931 Isaías Pléci – Virgilio Fenoglio 6 : 4
1931/32 Jacobo Bolbochán – Isaías Pléci 6 : 3
1932 Jacobo Bolbochán – Isaías Pléci 5.5 : 1.5
1933 Luis Piazzini – Jacobo Bolbochán 5.5 : 2.5
1934/35 Roberto Grau – Luis Piazzini 7.5 : 5.5
1935 Jacobo Bolbochán – Isaías Pléci 2.5 : 0.5 (play-off)
1936 Roberto Grau – Jacobo Bolbochán 5 : 3
1937 Carlos Guimard – Roberto Grau 6 : 2
1938 Carlos Guimard – Luis Piazzini 7.5 : 2.5 (Jacobo Bolbochán resigned)
1939 Roberto Grau – Carlos Guimard 7.5 : 5.5
1939 Triangular 1. Maderna, 2. Piazzini, 3. Gerschman (play-off)
1940 Carlos Maderna – Luis Piazzini 8 : 6 (Roberto Grau resigned)
1940 Triangular 1. Carlos Guimard, 2. Aristide Gromer (FRA), 3. Franciszek Sulik (POL) (play-off)
1941 Carlos Guimard – Carlos Maderna 8 : 1
1942 Héctor Rossetto – Carlos Guimard 8 : 5 (Rossetto took 3rd place, behind Markas Luckis (LTU) and Hermann Pilnik (GER) in ARG-ch 20th Mayor in 1941)
1942 Hermann Pilnik (former German, then Argentine citizen) won, ahead of Juan Traian Iliesco (ROM)
1943 Juan Iliesco (former Romanian, then Argentine citizen) took 2nd place, behind Gideon Ståhlberg (SWE)
1944 Héctor Rossetto – Juan Iliesco 4.5 : 0.5
1946 Hermann Pilnik – Héctor Rossetto 5 : 3
1948 Julio Bolbochán – Héctor Rossetto 5 : 5
1949 Miguel Najdorf (former Polish, then Argentine citizen) – Julio Bolbochán 5.5 : 4.5
1951 Triangular 1. Carlos Maderna, 2. Jacobo Bolbochán, 3. Enrique Reinhardt (play-off)
1953 Miguel Najdorf – Rubén Shocrón 4.5 : 0.5
Argentine champions and winners of Challenger's selection tournament (1921–1953)
Year Event City Champion Winner of Torneo Mayor (Challenger)
1921 match in 1922 Buenos Aires Damian Reca Reca and Villegas 1922 extra-official match in 1923 Buenos Aires Benito Villegas no contest 1923 match in 1924 Buenos Aires Damian Reca Reca 1924 without match Buenos Aires Damian Reca Richard Réti (off contest) 1925 extra-official match in 1925 Buenos Aires Damian Reca no contest 1926 match in 1926 Buenos Aires, Rosario, La Plata Roberto Grau Grau 1927 without match Buenos Aires Roberto Grau Reca 1928 match in 1929 Buenos Aires Roberto Grau Pleci 1929 match in 1930 Buenos Aires Isaias Pleci Pleci 1930 match in 1931 Buenos Aires Isaias Pleci Virgilio Fenoglio 1931 match in 1931/1932 Buenos Aires Jacobo Bolbochán Jac. Bolbochan 1932 match in 1932 Buenos Aires Jacobo Bolbochán Pleci 1933 match in 1933 Buenos Aires Luis Piazzini Piazzini 1934 match in 1935 Buenos Aires Roberto Grau Grau 1935 match in 1936 Buenos Aires Roberto Grau Jac. Bolbochán, Pleci 1936 match in 1937 Buenos Aires, Santa Fe Carlos Guimard Guimard 1937 match in 1938 Buenos Aires, Necochea Carlos Guimard Jac. Bolbochán 1938 match in 1939 La Plata Roberto Grau Grau 1939 match in 1940 Buenos Aires Carlos Maderna Juan Traian Iliesco (off contest) 1940 match in 1941 Buenos Aires, La Plata Carlos Guimard Guimard 1941 match in 1942 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires Hector Rossetto Markas Luckis (off contest) 1942 without match Buenos Aires Herman Pilnik Pilnik 1943 without match Buenos Aires Juan Iliesco Gideon Ståhlberg (off contest) 1944 match in 1944 Nueve de Julio Hector Rossetto Rossetto 1945 match in 1946 Bahía Blanca Hermann Pilnik Pilnik 1946 without match Buenos Aires Julio Bolbochán Jul. Bolbochán 1947 without match Buenos Aires Hector Rossetto Rossetto 1948 match in 1948 Buenos Aires Julio Bolbochán Jul. Bolbochán 1949 match in 1949 Buenos Aires Miguel Najdorf Najdorf
Open tournament winners (1950- )
Year Event City Champion Winner of Torneo Mayor (Challenger)
1950 tournament
play-off in 1951Buenos Aires Carlos Maderna Maderna,
Jac. Bolbochán,
1951 tournament Buenos Aires Miguel Najdorf Najdorf 1952 match in 1953 Buenos Aires Miguel Najdorf Ruben Shocron 1953 tournament Buenos Aires Oscar Panno 1955 tournament Buenos Aires Miguel Najdorf 1956 tournament Buenos Aires Raul Sanguineti 1957 tournament Buenos Aires Raul Sanguineti 1958 tournament Buenos Aires Herman Pilnik 1959 tournament Buenos Aires Bernardo Wexler 1960 tournament Buenos Aires Miguel Najdorf 1961 tournament Buenos Aires Héctor Rossetto 1962 tournament Buenos Aires Raul Sanguineti 1963 tournament Buenos Aires Raimundo García Garcia, Samuel Schweber and Klein 1964 tournament Buenos Aires Miguel Najdorf 1965 tournament Buenos Aires Raul Sanguineti 1966 tournament Buenos Aires Miguel Quinteros 1967 tournament Mar del Plata Miguel Najdorf 1968 tournament Buenos Aires Raul Sanguineti Sanguineti and Schweber 1969 tournament Buenos Aires Carlos Eleodoro Juárez Juarez and Garcia 1971 tournament Buenos Aires Jorge Rubinetti 1972 tournament Buenos Aires Hector Rossetto 1973 tournament Santa Fe Raul Sanguineti Sanguineti and Debarnot 1974 tournament Caseros Raul Sanguineti 1975 tournament Buenos Aires Miguel Najdorf Najdorf and Panno 1976 tournament Buenos Aires Jorge Szmetan 1978 tournament Buenos Aires Jaime Emma Emma and Campora 1980 tournament Quilmes Miguel Quinteros 1982 tournament Buenos Aires Jorge Rubinetti Rubinetti, Hase, Baillo, Bronstein and Campora
1983 tournament Buenos Aires Jorge Gómez Baillo Baillo and Tempone 1984 tournament Buenos Aires Gerardo Barbero 1985 tournament Buenos Aires Oscar Panno 1986 tournament Daniel Campora 1987 tournament Marcelo Tempone 1988 tournament Jorge Rubinetti 1989 tournament Daniel Campora 1990 tournament Guillermo Soppe Soppe and Tempone 1991 tournament Jorge Rubinetti 1992 tournament Oscar Panno 1993 tournament Hugo Spangenberg 1994 tournament Pablo Ricardi 1995 tournament Pablo Ricardi 1996 tournament Pablo Ricardi 1997 tournament Guillermo Malbran 1998 tournament Pablo Ricardi 1999 tournament Pablo Ricardi 2000 tournament Ariel Sorin 2001 tournament Ruben Felgaer Felgaer and Peralta 2002 tournament Martin Labollita Labollita and Slipak 2003 tournament Guillermo Soppe 2004 tournament Ariel Sorin 2005 tournament Diego Flores Flores and Ricardi 2006 tournament Fernando Peralta 2007 tournament Rubén Felgaer 2008 tournament Mendoza Rubén Felgaer 2009 tournament La Plata Diego Flores 2010 tournament Buenos Aires Rubén Felgaer 2011[1] tournament La Plata Martín Lorenzini 2012[2] tournament Villa Martelli Diego Flores 2013 tournament Saenz Pena Diego Flores 2014 tournament Saenz Pena Rubén Felgaer 2015 tournament Buenos Aires Sandro Mareco 2016 tournament Villa Martelli Diego Flores 2017 tournament Ramos Mejia Diego Flores 2018 tournament Laprida Fernando Peralta 2019 tournament Buenos Aires Diego Flores 2020 tournament 2021 tournament Federico Pérez Ponsa 2022 tournament San Carlos de Bariloche Fernando Peralta[3]
Women
Notes
- ↑ It took place in July 2012: article by "La Capital" Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- 1 2 It was held in April 2013: Chessdom
- ↑ "Argentine Chess Championship 2022 – Circolo Scacchi Città di Como" (in Italian). 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ↑ Held in August 2008: FIDE tournament report
- ↑ Held in June–July 2012: ChessBase (in Spanish)
References
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- "Major Tournaments and Argentine Chess Championships". ARG-Base (in Spanish). WebCite. Archived from the original on 2009-10-25.
- "Campeonato Argentino, Superior Masculino". Historia del Ajedrez en Argentina (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-03-11. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- "Campeonato Argentino, Superior Femenino". Historia del Ajedrez en Argentina (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-05-09. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2009/argentina-chess-championship
- http://www.allyearchess.com