José María Cristiá
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José María Cristiá (October 6, 1907 in
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– March 8, 1984 in
Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...
) was an
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player, lawyer, champion of Rosario in 1928 and 1940. He was seventh in the Argentine Torneo Mayor of 1931, and fifth in Buenos Aires 1931 (2nd, Tartakower). He was antepenultimate in Buenos Aires 1935. He was penultimate in Rosario 1939 (1st, Petrov; 2nd, Eliskases; 3rd, Mikėnas). He won "La Regence" tournament in Buenos Aires 1944 (2nd, Michel; 3rd,
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). He was fourth in Viña del Mar 1945 (1st, Guimard; 2nd, Najdorf), his last tournament. Cristiá built one of the largest chess libraries in the world.


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José María Cristiá: Septuagésimo cumpleaños de un gran maestro ajedrecista by Carlos CanobaImmigration Card
*Chessbase database *''Caissa'', Nº 5, 1940 *''La Capital'' of Rosario, 7 October 1977 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cristia, Jose Maria 1907 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Argentine lawyers 20th-century Argentine chess players Spanish emigrants to Argentina