Jaime Emma (1938–2005) was an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
journalist, lawyer and
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. He won the
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 1 ...
in 1978, the same year he won the title of
International Master
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.
Argentine chess players
1938 births
2005 deaths
Argentine journalists
Argentine male journalists
20th-century Argentine lawyers
Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
20th-century chess players
20th-century journalists
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