José Gerschman (born October 11, 1916 in

San Salvador San Salvador () is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its San Salvador Department, eponymous department. It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and fin ...

, Entre Rios, died 1998) was an Argentine

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

master. He played four times in Argentine Chess Championship (''Torneo Mayor''). He took 15th in 1937 ( Jacobo Bolbochán won), took 19th in 1938 ( Roberto Grau won), tied for 2nd-4th in 1939 ( Juan Traian Iliesco won) and took last place in a play-off triangular tournament for the title ( Carlos Maderna won), and took 13th in 1940 ( Carlos Guimard won). Gerschman also tied for 9-10th in the Buenos Aires 1939 chess tournament (''Círculo'',

Paul Keres Paul Keres (; 7 January 1916 – 5 June 1975) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, and narrowly missed a chance at a World Chess Championship match on five ...

and

Miguel Najdorf Miguel Najdorf ( ; born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf; 15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish-Argentine chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was a leadin ...

won), and took 7th at Buenos Aires 1963 (YMCA,

Oscar Panno Oscar Roberto Panno (born 17 March 1935) is an Argentine chess Grandmaster. Biography Panno was born in Buenos Aires. He won the 2nd World Junior Chess Championship in 1953, ahead of such future strong Grandmasters as Borislav Ivkov, Bent Lar ...

won).

References

Jewish Argentine sportspeople Jewish chess players 1916 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Argentine chess players {{Argentina-chess-bio-stub