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)

References

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