Juan Traian Iliesco (born Ion Traian Iliescu) (18 April 1898 in

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, Romania – 2 February 1968 in

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) was a Romanian Argentine

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master. He played several times in Argentine championships (''Torneo Mayor''). In 1931, he took 12th place (

Jacobo Bolbochán Jacobo Bolbochán (26 December 1906 – 29 July 1984) was an Argentine chess master. He played many times in the Argentine Chess Championships. He won twice (1931 and 1932), both ahead of Isaías Pleci. In 1933, he took 2nd, behind Luis Piazzini ...

won); took 4th in 1932 (

Isaías Pleci Isaías Pleci (also Isaías Pléci) (27 October 1907 – 27 December 1979) was an Argentine chess master. Chess tournaments Pléci was the Argentine Champion in 1929 to 1930. He won at Buenos Aires 1928 (ARG-ch 7 Mayor) and lost a match for ...

won); took 2nd, behind Luis Piazzini, in 1933; tied for 5-7th in 1934 (

Roberto Grau Roberto Gabriel Grau (18 March 1900 – 12 April 1944) was an Argentine chess master. He was born and died in Buenos Aires. In the late 1920s he was Argentina's strongest chess-player. Chess career Grau played in many Argentine championship ...

won); took 5th in 1935 (Jacobo Bolbochán won); took 11th in 1936 (

Carlos Guimard Carlos Enrique Guimard (6 April 1913 – 11 September 1998) was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. He was born in Santiago del Estero. His granddaughter Isabel Leonard is a celebrated mezzo-soprano. Biography Guimard was thrice Argentine Champ ...

won); took 10th in 1937 (Jacobo Bolbochán won); tied for 7-8th in 1938 (Grau won). Iliesco finished 1st in Argentine championship in 1939, but he could not win the title as a foreigner (Romanian citizen). In 1940, he tied for 7-9th (Guimard won); took 6th in 1941 (

Markas Luckis Markas (Marcos) Luckis (17 January 1905, in Pskov – 9 February 1973, in Buenos Aires) was a Lithuanian–Argentine chess master. Biography Luckis twice won the Kaunas City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1928. Markas Luckis played for Lithua ...

won); tied for 3rd-4th in 1942 (

Hermann Pilnik Hermann Pilnik (8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12 November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was a German Argentines, German-born Argentine chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster. Career In 1929, he won the championship of Stuttgart. Pilnik emi ...

won); took 2nd, behind

Gideon Ståhlberg Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg (26 January 1908 – 26 May 1967) was a Swedish chess player. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became No ...

, in 1943, winning the title (as regulations changed); shared 6th in 1944 (

Héctor Rossetto Héctor Decio Rossetto (8 September 1922 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina – 23 January 2009 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine chess player. He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960. He was a five-time ...

won). Iliesco (then Argentine citizen) lost a match for the title to Rossetto (0.5 : 4.5) at Nueve de Julio 1944. He took 3rd in ARG-ch 1945 (Pilnik won); took 9th in 1946 (

Julio Bolbochán Julio Bolbochán (20 March 1920 – 28 June 1996) was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948. Career He learned the game from his older brother, Jacobo Bolbochán, later an International Master. He represented Argentina in seven Chess ...

won); took 4th in 1947 (Rossetto won); tied for 10-11th in 1948 (Julio Bolbochán won); shared 17th in 1949 (

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); took 11th in 1950 (

Carlos Maderna Carlos Hugo Maderna (4 August 1910 – 23 January 1976) was an Argentine chess master. Chess Career He was twice Argentine Chess Championship, Argentine Champion; in 1940 he won a match for the title (of 1939) against Luis Piazzini (8 : ...

won); tied for 18-19th in 1953 (

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). Iliesco played also many times in international tournaments in Mar del Plata. He tied for 12-13th in 1934 ( Aron Schvartzman won); took 6th in 1936 (Pléci won); took 15th in 1941 (Stahlberg won); tied for 14-15th in 1942 (Najdorf won); shared 10th in 1943 (Najdorf won); tied for 13-14th in 1944 (Pilnik and Najdorf won); took 11th in 1945 (Najdorf won); tied for 12-15th in 1946 (Najdorf won), and took 18th in 1947 (Najdorf won); took 9th in 1949 (Rossetto won). He lost a match against Guimard (2 : 6) at Mar del Plata 1944; took 9th at La Plata (''Jockey Club'') 1944 (Najdorf won); and took 5th in San Francisco, Argentina ( César Corte won).Chessmetrics

References

External links

Juan Iliesco at 365Chess.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iliesco, Juan 1898 births 1968 deaths Romanian emigrants to Argentina Romanian chess players Argentine people of Romanian descent People from Brăila 20th-century Argentine chess players 20th-century Romanian chess players 20th-century Romanian sportsmen