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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

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

References

(28 January 2019). "Montevideo 1938 and a Typical Alekhine Attack".

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