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


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


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