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