Raúl Sanguineti
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Raúl Carlos Sanguineti (born 4 April 1933, Paraná – died 6 August 2000, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine chess master.
Raul Sanguineti won seven times Argentine championships in 1956, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1973, and 1974.
In 1954, he tied for 7-9th in Mar del Plata / Buenos Aires (zonal; Oscar Panno won). In 1956, he tied for 3rd-4th in Mar del Plata (Julio Bolbochán and Miguel Najdorf won). In 1957, he took 6th in Mar del Plata (Paul Keres won). In 1957, he won in Sao Paulo. In 1957, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Héctor Rossetto, behind Panno, in Rio de Janeiro (zonal). In 1958, he tied for 3rd-5th in Mar del Plata (Bent Larsen won). In 1958, he took 4th in Buenos Aires (36th ARG-ch; Herman Pilnik won). In 1958, he won in Buenos Aires (CAVP). In 1958, he took 14th in Portoroz (interzonal; Mikhail Tal won).
In 1959, he tied for 4-6th in Santiago (Borislav Ivkov and Luděk Pachman won). In 1959, he tied for 3rd-5th in Lima (Ivkov and Pachman won). In 1959, he tied for 8-9th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf and Pachman won). In 1959, he took 3rd in Quilmes (Alberto Foguelman won). In 1960, he took 2nd, behind Alfredo Espósito, in Bariloche. In 1962, he tied for 4-6th in Mar del Plata (Lev Polugaevsky won). In 1963, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (YMCA; Panno won). In 1963, he won in Buenos Aires (Magistral). In 1963, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (AARA; Najdorf won). In 1964, he won in Punta del Este (Uruguay). In 1965, he took 4th in Buenos Aires (CAA; Najdorf won).
In 1974, he took 2nd, behind Walter Browne, in Winnipeg (1st Pan-American). In 1975, he won in Sao Paulo. In 1975, he won in Fortaleza (zonal). In 1976, he took 16th in Biel (interzonal; Larsen won). In 1976, he tied for 1st-2nd with Victor Brond in Mar del Plata. In 1976, he won in Buenos Aires (Konex). In 1977, he tied for 13-14th in Sao Paulo (Rafael Vaganian won). In 1977, he won in Buenos Aires (YMCA). In 1977, he won in Santos Lugares.
Raúl Sanguineti played for Argentina in seven Chess Olympiads.
- In 1956, at first reserve board in 12th Olympiad in Moscow (+7 –0 =4);
- In 1958, at first reserve board in 13th Olympiad in Munich (+7 –3 =5);
- In 1962, at fourth board in 15th Olympiad in Varna (+12 –1 =3);
- In 1966, at fourth board in 17th Olympiad in Havana (+9 –2 =4);
- In 1968, at third board in 18th Olympiad in Lugano (+7 –0 =9);
- In 1974, at second board in 21st Olympiad in Nice (+2 –1 =12);
- In 1976, at fourth board in 22nd Olympiad in Haifa (+2 –0 =5).
He won two individual gold medals at Moscow 1956 and Varna 1962, and two team bronze medals at Munich 1958 and Varna 1962.
Awarded the IM title in 1957, and the GM title in 1978.
