Luis Roberto (Ruben) Piazzini (11 May 1905 – 4 March 1980) 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 participated many times in Argentine championships, and was an Argentine Champion in 1933 winning ARG-ch ''Torneo Mayor'' and a match for the title against

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 ...

(5.5 : 2.5). In 1934/35, he lost a match to

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 ...

(5.5 : 7.5), lost a match to

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 ...

(2.5 : 7.5) in 1938, and lost a match to

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 : ...

(6 : 8) in 1940. In 1934, he tied for 7-8th in Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament ( Aaron Schwartzman won). In 1934/35, he won

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 Rober ...

in Buenos Aires. In 1936, he tied for 9-10th in Mar del Plata (it,

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). In 1944, he took 4th in Buenos Aires (La Regence). In 1952, he won the Club Argentino de Ajedrez Championship in Buenos Aires. In 1959, he took 8th in Quilmes (

Alberto Foguelman Alberto Foguelman (13 October 1923, Buenos Aires – 9 December 2013, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine chess master. He was a member of ''Círculo de Ajedrez de Villa del Parque de Buenos Aires'', since 1945. He played many times in Argentine Chess ...

won). Piazzini played twice for Argentina in

Chess Olympiads The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

: * In 1937, at first board in

7th Chess Olympiad The 7th Chess Olympiad (), organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm Stock ...

in Stockholm (+4 –2 =6); * In 1939, at second board in

8th Chess Olympiad The 8th Chess Olympiad (), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), comprised an open tournament, as well as a Women's World Championship contest. The main team event took place between August 21 and September 19, 1939, in ...

in Buenos Aires (+4 –3 =4).

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20121025085931/http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=58998 {{DEFAULTSORT:Piazzini, Luis 1905 births 1980 deaths Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Argentine chess players