Benito Higinio Villegas was an Argentine chess

Chess

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 master.

He was the first Champion of Club Argentino de Ajedrez

Buenos Aires Club Argentino Chess Championship

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 in Buenos Aires in 1906-1907. After World War I

World War I

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, he won Argentine Chess Championship

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...

 in 1922, and was Sub-Champion in 1921 and 1923.

Villegas participated in several South American Chess Championship

South American Chess Championship

The first South American Chess Championship was held in Montevideo , Uruguay, on December 25, 1921 – January 22, 1922...

s. He tied for 2nd-4th at Montevideo 1921/22 (Carrasco, Roberto Grau

Roberto Grau

Roberto Gabriel Grau was an Argentine chess master.Grau played in many Argentine championships. In 1921/22, he tied for 3rd-4th . In 1922, he tied for 2nd-3rd . In 1923/24, he tied for 2nd-4th...

 won); shared 6th at Montevideo 1925 (Luis Argentino Palau

Luis Argentino Palau

Luis Argentino Palau was an Argentine chess master.He played for Argentina in three Chess Olympiads.* In 1924 at 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris ;* In 1927 at 1st Chess Olympiad in London ;...

 won); took 7th at Mar del Plata 1928 (Grau won); took 11th at Buenos Aires 1931 (Geniol it, Carlos Maderna

Carlos Maderna

Carlos Hugo Maderna was an Argentine chess master.He was twice Argentine Champion; in 1940 he won a match for the title against Luis Piazzini , then lost a match to Carlos Guimard in 1941, and won the title after play-off with Jacobo Bolbochán and Heinrich Reinhardt in 1950/51.In 1928, he tied...

 won); took 10th at Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...

 1934 (Aaron Schwartzman

Aaron Schwartzman

Aaron Schwartzman is a former Argentine chess master who was prominent in chess tournaments of the 1930s and 1940s....

 won); tied for 11-12th at Buenos Aires 1934/35 (Luis Piazzini

Luis Piazzini

Luis Roberto Piazzini 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 title against Jacobo Bolbochán...

 won), and tied for 13-14th at Mar del Plata 1936 (Isaias Pleci

Isaias Pleci

Isaías Pléci was an Argentine chess master.-Chess tournaments:Pléci was the Argentine Champion in 1929 to 1930. He won at Buenos Aires 1928 and lost a match for the title to Roberto Grau . later, he won in 1929 and won a match against Grau in 1930...

 won).

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, he played in Mar del Plata international tournaments, and shared 8th in 1942 (Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation....

 won), took 14th in 1943 (Gideon Stahlberg

Gideon Ståhlberg

Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg was a Swedish chess grandmaster.He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nordic champion in 1929, and held it until 1939....

 won), and took 16th in 1944 (Herman Pilnik

Herman Pilnik

Herman Pilnik was an Argentine chess Grandmaster.-Career:...

and Najdorf won). In 1944, he also took 17th at La Plata (Najdorf won).

External links

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