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Carlos Enrique Guimard (6 April 1913–1998) was 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 Grandmaster. He was born in Santiago del Estero

Santiago del Estero

Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 244,733 inhabitants, making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surface area of 2,116 km². It lies on the Dulce River and on National Route 9, at a distance of...

Biography

Guimard was thrice Argentine Champion

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...

. In 1936, he won the ARG-ch 15 Mayor, and in 1937 a match for the title against Roberto Grau

Roberto Grau

Roberto Gabriel Grau was an Argentine chess master.Grau played in many Argentine championships. In 1921/22, he tied for 3rd-4th . In 1922, he tied for 2nd-3rd . In 1923/24, he tied for 2nd-4th...

(+4 –0 =4). In 1937/38, he won a match against Luis Piazzini

Luis Piazzini

Luis Roberto Piazzini was an Argentine chess master.He participated many times in Argentine championships, and was an Argentine Champion in 1933 winning ARG-ch Torneo Mayor and a match for the title against Jacobo Bolbochán...

(+7 –2 =1). In 1940, he won the ARG-ch 18 Mayor, and in 1941 a match against Carlos Maderna

Carlos Maderna

Carlos Hugo Maderna was an Argentine chess master.He was twice Argentine Champion; in 1940 he won a match for the title against Luis Piazzini , then lost a match to Carlos Guimard in 1941, and won the title after play-off with Jacobo Bolbochán and Heinrich Reinhardt in 1950/51.In 1928, he tied...

(+7 –0 =2).

In tournaments, he tied for 3rd-5th at Mar del Plata 1934 (2nd it; Aaron Schwartzman

Aaron Schwartzman

Aaron Schwartzman is a former Argentine chess master who was prominent in chess tournaments of the 1930s and 1940s....

won), took 5th at Mar del Plata 1936 (3rd it; Isaias Pleci

Isaias Pleci

Isaías Pléci was an Argentine chess master.-Chess tournaments:Pléci was the Argentine Champion in 1929 to 1930. He won at Buenos Aires 1928 and lost a match for the title to Roberto Grau . later, he won in 1929 and won a match against Grau in 1930...

won), tied for 1st with Ludwig Rellstab

Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)

Ludwig Rellstab was a German chess master.He was German Champion, winning at Bad Oeynhausen 1942. He took 8th in the European Championship at Munich 1942 . In 1943, he took 6th in Salzburg...

at Berlin 1937, took 2nd, behind Grau, at Buenos Aires 1938 (ARG-ch), took 2nd, behind Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...

, in the Montevideo 1938 chess tournament

Montevideo 1938 chess tournament

The eighth South American Chess Championship took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 7th to 25th of March 1938. The event was held in an elegant seaside resort Carrasco, one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Montevideo, located on the city's southeast coast.The results and standings:...

, tied for 1st-3rd with Virgilio Fenoglio

Virgilio Fenoglio

Virgilio Fenoglio was an Argentine chess master, winner of 37 tournaments.He played 13 times in Argentine Chess Championship, in the period 1928–1959...

and 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....

at Rio de Janeiro 1938, and tied for 5th-6th with Paulino Frydman

Paulino Frydman

Paulino Frydman was a Polish chess master.-Biography:...

in the Buenos Aires 1939 chess tournament

Buenos Aires 1939 chess tournament

The event was held in Buenos Aires, immediately after the 8th Chess Olympiad, from August 21 to September 19, 1939. The tournament was played between 2nd and 19 October 1939 at the Círculo de Ajedrez, the main chess club in the city. Play took place at the club's long-time premises at Bartolomé...

. The event was won by Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf

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

and Paul Keres

Paul Keres

Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

.

In 1940, he won in Santiago. In 1940, he took 3rd, behind Aristide Gromer

Aristide Gromer

Aristide Gromer was a French chess master.Gromer was thrice French Champion .He tied for 5-6th at Paris 1923 , took 3rd at Biarritz 1926 , took 2nd, behind Chéron, at Saint-Cloude 1929, shared 2nd with Savielly Tartakower, behind Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, at Paris 1930, took 2nd, behind Aimé Gibaud,...

and Franciszek Sulik

Franciszek Sulik

Franciszek Sulik was a Polish-Australian chess master.Before World War II, he lived in Lvov . In 1934, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Henryk Friedman, behind Stepan Popel, in the Lvov championship. In 1935, he tied for 8-9th in Warsaw...

, in Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata). In 1941, he tied for 6-8th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament

Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament

The fourth Mar del Plata chess tournament was held in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina, in March 1941. The first three Mar del Plata international tournaments were regarded as the third, fourth, and sixth South American Chess Championship , respectively...

(4th it; Gideon Ståhlberg

Gideon Ståhlberg

Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg was a Swedish chess grandmaster.He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nordic champion in 1929, and held it until 1939....

won). In 1941, he took 5th in Buenos Aires (Najdorf and Stahlberg won). In 1941, he tied for 1st with Erich Eliskases

Erich Eliskases

Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a chess Grandmaster of the 1930s and 1940s, who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition....

, in São Pedro de Piracicaba. In 1942, he lost a match to Hector 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....

5 : 8 (ARG-ch). In 1944, lost a match to Juan Iliesco

Juan Iliesco

Juan Traian Iliesco aka Ion Traian Iliescu was a Romanian–Argentine chess master.He played several times in Argentine championships...

2 : 6 (ARG-ch). In 1944, he tied for 3rd-4th with Pablo Michel, behind Herman Pilnik

Herman Pilnik

Herman Pilnik was an Argentine chess Grandmaster.-Career:...

and Najdorf, in Mar del Plata (7th it). In 1945, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Stahlberg, behind Najdorf, in Buenos Aires. In 1945, he won in Vigna del Mare.

After World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Guimard tied for 3rd-4th at Barcelona 1946 (Najdorf won). In 1946, he took 15th in Groningen (Mikhail Botvinnik

Mikhail Botvinnik

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik, Ph.D. was a Soviet and Russian International Grandmaster and three-time World Chess Champion. Working as an electrical engineer and computer scientist at the same time, he was one of the very few famous chess players who achieved distinction in another career while...

won). In 1946, he tied for 11-12th in Prague (Treybal Memorial; Najdorf won). In 1946, he took 4th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1947, he tied for 8-11th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1948, he took 13th in Mar del Plata (Eliskases won). In 1949, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Mar del Plata (Rossetto won). In 1949, he took 2nd, behind Julio Bolbochán, in Remedios de Escalada. In 1950, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Mar del Plata (Svetozar Gligorić

Svetozar Gligoric

Svetozar Gligorić is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia...

won).

In 1951, he took 5th in Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires (zonale). The event was won by Eliskases and Julio Bolbochán. In 1952, he tied for 12-13 th in Havana (Capablanca Memorial; Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel Reshevsky

Samuel "Sammy" Herman Reshevsky was a famous chess prodigy and later a leading American chess Grandmaster...

and Najdorf won). In 1953, he tied for 10-11th in Mar del Plata (Gligorić won). In 1954, he tied for 3rd-4th in Mar del Plata (zonale; 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....

won). In 1955, he tied for 12-13th in Göteborg (interzonale; David Bronstein

David Bronstein

David Ionovich Bronstein was a Soviet chess grandmaster, who narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics...

won).

In 1960, he tied for 4-7th in Buenos Aires. In 1961, he tied for 1st-2nd in Enschede. In 1961, he tied for 4-5th in Zevenaar. In 1962, he took 10th in Havana. In 1964, he tied for 5-6th in Buenos Aires. In 1967, he tied for 5-6th in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch). In 1981, he took 8th in Santiago (Walter Browne won).

Guimard played for Argentina in four Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...

In 1937, at fourth board in 7th Chess Olympiad
7th Chess Olympiad
The 7th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden]....

in Stockholm (+8 –2 =6);
In 1939, at fourth board in 8th Chess Olympiad
8th Chess Olympiad
The 8th Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , comprised an 'open' tournament, as well as a Women's World Championship contest...

in Buenos Aires (+9 –3 =5);
In 1950, at third board in 9th Chess Olympiad
9th Chess Olympiad
The 9th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia .The final results were as follows:-Final :The...

in Dubrovnik (+4 –2 =4);
In 1954, at fourth board in 11th Chess Olympiad
11th Chess Olympiad
The 11th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 4 and September 25, 1954, in Amsterdam, Netherlands...

in Amsterdam (+3 –1 =2).

He won individual silver medal at Stockholm 1937, and two team silver medals (1950, 1954).

In 1950, Guimard played at 2nd board against Henry Grob (+1 –0 =1) in a match Argentina–Switzerland (5,5 : 4,5) in Zurich. In March 1954, he played at 8th board against Isaac Boleslavsky

Isaac Boleslavsky

Isaac Yefremovich Boleslavsky was a Soviet–Jewish chess Grandmaster.-Early career:Boleslavsky taught himself chess at age 9...

(+1 –1 =2) in a match Argentina–Soviet Union (11,5 : 20,5) in Buenos Aires.

Guimard was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950, and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1960.

The opening 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 is named for him, the Guimard Variation of the French Defense.

Notable chess games

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