Alberto Foguelman – an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 master.

Born in Buenos Aires, he is a member of Círculo de Ajedrez de Villa del Parque de Buenos Aires, since 1945. He played many times in Argentine Chess Championship

Argentine Chess Championship

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...

 (1953–1976), and twice shared 2nd in 1959 (Bernardo Wexler

Bernardo Wexler

Bernardo Wexler was an Argentine chess master.-Biography:Born to Jewish parents in Bucharest, Romania, he emigrated to Argentina at the age of seven. His chess career began after World War II.In 1951, Wexler tied for 6-7th in Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires...

 won) and in 1962 (Raúl Sanguineti won).
His best achievement was 3rd, after Vasily Smyslov

Vasily Smyslov

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 and Efim Geller

Efim Geller

Efim Petrovich Geller was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice and was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions...

, at Santiago de Chile 1965. He also took 2nd place, behind Héctor Rossetto

Héctor Rossetto

Héctor Decio Rossetto was one of the best chess players in Argentine history.He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960....

, at Fortaleza 1963 (zonal), tied for 17-19th at Amsterdam 1964 (interzonal),
and shared 1st with Henrique Mecking

Henrique Mecking

Henrique Mecking was a leading Brazilian chess Grandmaster in the 1970s. He was a very strong player at an early age , drawing comparisons to Bobby Fischer, although he did not achieve the International Grandmaster title until 1971...

, Julio Bolbochán

Julio Bolbochan

Julio Bolbochán was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948.Born in Buenos Aires, he represented Argentina in seven Chess Olympiads from 1950 to 1970....

 and Oscar Panno

Oscar Panno

Oscar R. Panno is an Argentine chess Grandmaster.Panno won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1953, and also won the championship of Argentina the same year....

 at Rio Hondo 1966 (zonal).

In other tournaments, he won at Buenos Aires (La Régence) 1959, won at Quilmes 1959, tied for 9-11th at Belgrad 1962 (Svetozar Gligorić

Svetozar Gligoric

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 won), tied for 3rd-4th at Mar del Plata 1962 (Torneo Latinoamericano

South American Chess Championship

The first South American Chess Championship was held in Montevideo , Uruguay, on December 25, 1921 – January 22, 1922...

, Raimundo Garcia

Raimundo Garcia

Raimundo Garcia is an Argentine chess master.At the beginning of his career, he took 7th at Santa Fe 1956...

 won), tied for 3rd-5th at Havana 1963 (Pan American-ch

Pan American Chess Championship

The first Pan-American Championship was held in Hollywood, 28 July - 12 August 1945. The line-up was as follows: 1. Samuel Reshevsky 10.5, 2. Reuben Fine 9, 3. Herman Pilnik 8.5, 4. Israel Horowitz 8, 5. Isaac Kashdan 7, 6. Hector Rossetto 6.5, 7-8. Weaver Adams , Herman Steiner 5.5, 9-10....

, Eleazar Jiménez

Eleazar Jiménez

Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera was a Cuban chess master.Jiménez won the Cuban Championship five times, in 1957, 1960, 1963, 1965, and 1967. He won the Pan American Chess Championship three times, in 1963, 1966 and 1970....

 won), took 5th at Chacabuco 1965 (Jorge Pelikán won), and shared 5th at Mar del Plata 1967 (Open, Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation....

 won).

Foguelman represented Argentina in Chess Olympiads:

• In 1960 at second reserve board in 14th Olympiad in Leipzig (+5 –4 =1);
• In 1962 at second reserve board in 15th Olympiad in Varna (+4 –0 =2), and won team bronze medal.

He was awarded the International Master title in 1963.