The Paraguayan Chess Championship is the national

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championship of

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. It was inaugurated by The Paraguayan Chess Circle, founded in 1938 as Paraguay's first club devoted exclusively to chess. The Paraguayan Chess Circle continued to run the event at least until 1970 as Paraguay did not yet have a national chess federation, although it was affiliated with

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and had competed in

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s at irregular intervals starting at Buenos Aires 1939.

Winners

References

External links

Paraguayan National Champions (Spanish)
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1938 in chess Recurring events established in 1938

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1938 establishments in Paraguay