Alejandro Nogués Acuña (1907 – 1989) was an

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player.

Biography

Alejandro Nogués Acuña was an international chess master and one of the strongest chess players of Argentina in the 1920s–1930s. He was repeated participant in

Argentine Chess Championship The first Argentine Chess Championship was held in 1921. The Champion's title was granted after victorious or drawn match between previous champion and challenger, a winner of ''Torneo Mayor'' (this or the next year). The matches were done away in ...

in which he ranked 2nd in 1926, 4th in 1931, and 3rd in 1938. His main achievement in international chess tournaments was shared 3rd-4th places in

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in 1931. Alejandro Nogués Acuña played for Argentina in the

Chess Olympiad 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 FIDE Onli ...

: * In 1927, at third board in the

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(+5, =5, -5). Also he played for Argentina in the radio match with the Uruguay national chess team (1946).

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Alejandro Nogués Acuña
chess games at 365chess.com 1907 births 1989 deaths Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Argentine chess players {{Argentina-chess-bio-stub