Arturo Liebstein, sometimes listed as Isaac Liebstein, was a Uruguayan

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 dist ...

master. He won thrice in the Uruguayan Chess Championship in 1940, 1942, and 1943. He tied for 9–11th at Montevideo 1941, took 13th in the Mar del Plata chess tournament in 1943 (

Miguel Najdorf Miguel Najdorf (born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish–Argentinian chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was ...

won), took 15th at Mar del Plata 1944 (

Herman 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. ...

and Najdorf won), and tied for 14–16th at Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires 1951 (zonal, the South American Chess Championship, Eliskases and

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

won).BrasilBase :: 1° Torneio Zonal Sulamericano

References

External links

Chessgames.com :: Arturo Liebstein

Chessmetrics Player Profile :: Arturo Liebstein
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