Eugênio Maciel German (24 October 1930 – 1 April 2001) was a Brazilian International chess master. German was born in Ubá, Brazil. In 1949, Eugênio German won a match against Jayme Schreibman Moses in Belo Horizonte (+2 –1 =1). In 1949, he tied for 3rd-4th in

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(17th BRA-ch; Walter Cruz won). In 1950, he tied for 5-6th in Rio de Janeiro (18th BRA-ch; Jose Thiago Mangini won). In 1951, he won the

Brazilian Chess Championship Following are the official winners of the national Brazilian Chess Championships from 1927 to date. The 1998 championship was held 9–19 December in Itabirito, Minas Gerais State. The field of sixteen played a series of two-game single-eliminati ...

in Fortaleza (19th BRA-ch). In 1951/52, he took 4th in San Rafael (

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won). In 1952, he tied for 7-8th in Mar del Plata (

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 ...

and

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won). In 1952, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Flavio de Carvalho Jr, in

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(20th BRA-ch). In 1960, he won in Belo Horizonte (pre-zonal). In 1960, he tied for 3rd-5th in São Paulo (zonal; Julio Bolbochán won). In 1961, he won, ahead of Rodrigo Flores and Bernardo Wexler, in São Paulo (zonal playoff). In 1962, he tied for 19-20th in the Stockholm Interzonal. In 1963, he won in Belo Horizonte. In 1965, he won in Belo Horizonte. In 1972, he won in

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(39th BRA-ch). Eugenio German played for Brazil in three

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s. * In 1952, at first board in the

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(+6 –2 =3); * In 1968, at second board in the

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(+5 –7 =3); * In 1972, at first board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in

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(+8 –4 =8).German, Eugênio
team chess record at olimpbase.org Awarded the International Master title in 1952, he was first Brazilian to be made an IM by FIDE.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:German, Eugenio 1930 births 2001 deaths Brazilian chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors People from Minas Gerais 20th-century chess players