South American Chess Championship

The first South American Chess Championship (Torneo Sudamericano, Torneio Sulamericano) was held in Montevideo (Carrasco), Uruguay, on December 25, 1921 – January 22, 1922. The eighteen-player single round-robin tournament was won by Roberto Grau 14/17, followed by Benito Villegas, Valentin Fernandez Coria and Rolando Illa, all got 12.5/17, etc.

The Torneio Sulamericano was replaced in 1951 by the Torneio Zonal Sulamericano, except for 1962 (*) when the Torneo Latino-americano was played.

Winners

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Year City Winner
1921/22 Montevideo   Roberto Grau (Argentina)
1925 Montevideo   Luis Palau (Argentina)
1928 Mar del Plata   Roberto Grau (Argentina)
1934 Mar del Plata   Aaron Schwartzman (Argentina)
1934/35 Buenos Aires   Luis Piazzini (Argentina)
1936 Mar del Plata   Isaías Pleci (Argentina)
1937 São Paulo   Rodrigo Flores (Chile)
1938 Montevideo   Alexander Alekhine (France)[1]
1951 Mar del Plata
/Buenos Aires
  Erich Eliskases (Argentina)
  Julio Bolbochán (Argentina)
1954 Mar del Plata
/Buenos Aires
  Oscar Panno (Argentina)
1957 Rio de Janeiro   Oscar Panno (Argentina)
1960 São Paulo   Julio Bolbochán (Argentina)
1962 (*) Mar del Plata   Raimundo García (Argentina)
1963 Fortaleza   Héctor Rossetto (Argentina)
1966 Buenos Aires/
Termas de Rio Hondo
  Henrique Mecking (Brazil)
  Julio Bolbochán (Argentina)
  Oscar Panno (Argentina)
  Alberto Foguelman (Argentina)
1969 Mar del Plata   Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
  Oscar Panno (Argentina)
1972 São Paulo   Henrique Mecking (Brazil)
1975 Fortaleza   Raúl Sanguineti (Argentina)
1978 Tramandaí   Francisco Trois (Brazil)
1982 Moron   Miguel Quinteros (Argentina)
1985 Corrientes   Miguel Quinteros (Argentina)
  Ivan Morovic (Chile)
1987 Santiago   Gilberto Milos Jr (Brazil)
1989 São Paulo   Jaime Sunye Neto (Brazil)
  Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (Brazil)
1993 Brasília   Julio Granda Zúñiga (Peru)
1995 São Paulo   Julio Granda Zúñiga (Peru)
1998 São Paulo   Gilberto Milos Jr (Brazil)
  Rafael Leitão (Brazil)
  Jaime Sunye Neto (Brazil)
2000 São Paulo   Darcy Lima (Brazil)
2001 São Paulo   Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil)
2003 São Paulo   Darcy Lima (Brazil)
2005 São Paulo   Gilberto Milos Jr (Brazil)
2007 São Paulo   Gilberto Milos Jr (Brazil)
  Rafael Leitão (Brazil)

References

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  1. ^ "Montevideo 1938 and a Typical Alekhine Attack". tartajubow.blogspot.com. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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