Alberto Foguelman (born 13 October 1923, Buenos Aires) – an Argentine chess master.
Born in Buenos Aires, he is a member of Círculo de Ajedrez de Villa del Parque de Buenos Aires, since 1945.[1] He played many times in Argentine Chess Championship (1953–1976), and twice shared 2nd in 1959 (Bernardo Wexler won) and in 1962 (Raúl Sanguineti won).[2] His best achievement was 3rd, after Vasily Smyslov and Efim Geller, at Santiago de Chile 1965.[3] He also took 2nd place, behind Héctor Rossetto, at Fortaleza 1963 (zonal),[4] tied for 17-19th at Amsterdam 1964 (interzonal),[5] and shared 1st with Henrique Mecking, Julio Bolbochán and Oscar Panno at Rio Hondo 1966 (zonal).[6]
In other tournaments, he won at Buenos Aires (La Régence) 1959, won at Quilmes 1959,[7] tied for 9-11th at Belgrad 1962 (Svetozar Gligorić won), tied for 3rd-4th at Mar del Plata 1962 (Torneo Latinoamericano, Raimundo Garcia won),[8] tied for 3rd-5th at Havana 1963 (Pan American-ch, Eleazar Jiménez won),[9] took 5th at Chacabuco 1965 (Jorge Pelikán won), and shared 5th at Mar del Plata 1967 (Open, Miguel Najdorf won).[10]
Foguelman represented Argentina in Chess Olympiads:
He was awarded the International Master title in 1963.[12]