The Argentine Chess Federation ( es, Federación Argentina de Ajedrez, link=no – ''FADA'') is the national organisation for
chess
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in
Argentina
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. It is affiliated with the
World Chess Federation. Its headquarters are in
Buenos Aires
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.
The Argentine Chess Federation organizes an
Argentine Chess Championship (''Campeonato de Argentina de Ajedrez''). It was founded in 1928. The current
president
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is
Mario Petrucci
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.
Administration
Board
The board consists of a president, two vice presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer.
The president and the vice presidents are elected for a 3-year term.
Current composition
* president: Jimmy Wilding
* first vice president:
Raúl Bittel
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* second vice president: Juan Pablo Seminara
* secretary: Arthur Rongen
* treasurer: Michiel Bosnan
Argentine chess players
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Pablo Zarnicki
Pablo Zarnicki (born 12 November 1972 Bulnes) is an Argentine chess player.
He won at Mar del Plata 1989.
In 1992, Zarnicki won the World Junior Chess Championship at Buenos Aires.
He represented Argentina in five Chess Olympiads.[Hermann Pilnik
Hermann Pilnik (8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12 November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was a German Argentine chess Grandmaster.
Career
In 1929, he won the championship of Stuttgart. Pilnik emigrated from Germany to Argentina in 1930. He ...]
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Augusto de Muro
Augusto de Muro (? – 1959) was an Argentine chess player and organizer.
He was the president of the Argentine Chess Federation and the head of the Organizing Committee for the 8th Chess Olympiad which took place at Buenos Aires from August 21 t ...
, president of the Argentine Chess Federation
* Raúl Bittel, vice president of the Argentine Chess Federation
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National members of the Confederation of Chess for America
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Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...
1928 establishments in Argentina
Sports organizations established in 1928
Chess organizations