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.
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
Year | Event | City | Champion | Winner of Torneo Mayor (Challenger) |
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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 |
Héctor Decio Rossetto was an Argentine chess player.
Jacobo Bolbochán was an Argentine chess master.
Carlos Enrique Guimard was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. He was born in Santiago del Estero. His granddaughter Isabel Leonard is a celebrated mezzo-soprano.
René Letelier Martner (1915–2006) was a Chilean chess player with the title of International Master. His finest international tournament win was in 1954, when he took the UNESCO tournament in Montevideo as clear first ahead of joint Ossip Bernstein and Miguel Najdorf, beating both in their individual game.
Jiří (Jorge) Pelikán was a Czech-Argentine chess master.
Rodrigo Flores Álvarez was a Chilean engineer and chess master.
Roberto Gabriel Grau was an Argentine chess master. He was born and died in Buenos Aires. In the late 1920s he was Argentina's strongest chess-player.
Isaías Pleci was an Argentine chess master.
Aron Schvartzman was an Argentine chess master who was prominent in chess tournaments of the 1930s and 1940s.
Damián Miguel Reca was an Argentine chess master.
Juan Traian Iliesco was a Romanian Argentine chess master.
Luis Roberto (Ruben) Piazzini was an Argentine chess master.
Carlos Hugo Maderna was an Argentine chess master.
Benito Higinio Villegas was an Argentine chess master.
Rolando Illa was a Cuban–Argentine chess master.
Francisco (Franz) Benkö was a German–Argentine chess master and problemist.
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The below is a list of events in chess in the year 1944.
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José Gerschman was an Argentine chess master. He played four times in Argentine Chess Championship. He took 15th in 1937, took 19th in 1938, tied for 2nd-4th in 1939 and took last place in a play-off triangular tournament for the title, and took 13th in 1940. Gerschman also tied for 9-10th in the Buenos Aires 1939 chess tournament, and took 7th at Buenos Aires 1963.