Julio César Balparda Muró (c. 1900 – 9 July 1942 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 has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

) was an 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 disti ...

master. He won the

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 ...

three times (1929, 1934, and 1936). He played several times in the

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 ...

; tied for 10-12th at Mar del Plata 1928 (''I Magistral Ciudad de Mar del Plata, III Campeonato Sudamericano'',

Roberto Grau Roberto Gabriel Grau (18 March 1900 – 12 April 1944) was an Argentine chess master. He was born and died in Buenos Aires. Chess career Grau played in many Argentine championships. In 1921/22, he tied for 3rd–4th (ARG-ch 1 Mayor; Damian ...

won), tied for 3rd-6th at Mar del Plata 1934 ( Aaron Schwartzman won), took 17th at Buenos Aires 1934/35 (

Luis Piazzini Luis Roberto (Ruben) Piazzini (11 May 1905 – 4 March 1980) was an Argentine chess master. He participated many times in Argentine championships, and was an Argentine Champion in 1933 winning ARG-ch ''Torneo Mayor'' and a match for the tit ...

won), took 15th at Mar del Plata 1936 (

Isaías Pleci Isaías Pleci (also Isaías Pléci) (27 October 1907 – 27 December 1979) was an Argentine 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 ...

won), took 14th at São Paulo 1937 (

Rodrigo Flores Rodrigo Flores Álvarez (23 August 1913, in Santiago, Chile – 17 January 2007, in Santiago) was a Chilean engineer and chess master. Chess Flores was Chilean Champion eleven times: 1931, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1961, and ...

won), and took 11th at Montevideo (Carrasco) 1938 (

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

won). In his last international tournaments, he took 5th at Montevideo 1941, and 10th at Aguas de Sao Pedro/São Paulo 1941, both won by

Erich Eliskases Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (15 February 1913 – 2 February 1997) was a chess player who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition. In the late 1930s he was considered a potential contender for the World Championship. ...

References

External links

Julio Balparda at 365Chess.com
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