Ernesto J. Rotunno (unknown – unknown) was a

Uruguayan Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

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 ...

player, two-time

Uruguayan Chess Championship The Uruguayan Chess Championship (''Campeonato Uruguayo de Ajedrez'') is the national chess championship of Uruguay. : References List of champions* * * {{Chess national championships Chess national championships Championship In sport, a cha ...

winner (1938, 1939).

Biography

In the end of 1930s Ernesto Rotunno was one of Uruguayan leading chess players. He twice in row won

s in 1938 and 1939, and participated in

Montevideo 1938 chess tournament The eighth South American Chess Championship (''Torneo Sudamericano'') took place in Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper ha ...

which happened as

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 ...

(tournament won World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine). Ernesto Rotunno played for Uruguay in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1939, at first board in the 8th Chess Olympiad in

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(+3, =5, -4). In 1954, Ernesto Rotunno participated in the match against the Soviet Union as a member of the Uruguayan national team.

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Ernesto Rotunno
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