Luis Roberto Piazzini (11 May 1905 – 4 March 1980) was an Argentine chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 master.

He participated many times in Argentine championships, and was an Argentine Champion

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 1933 winning ARG-ch Torneo Mayor and a match for the title against Jacobo Bolbochán

Jacobo Bolbochán

Jacobo Bolbochán was an Argentine chess master.He played many times in the Argentine Chess Championships. He won twice , both ahead of Isaias Pleci. In 1933, he took 2nd, behind Luis Piazzini. In 1935, he took 2nd, behind Roberto Grau. In 1936, he took 3rd, behind Carlos Guimard and Grau...

 (5.5 : 2.5). In 1934/35, he lost a match to 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...

 (5.5 : 7.5), lost a match to Carlos Guimard

Carlos Guimard

Carlos Enrique Guimard was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. He was born in Santiago del Estero.-Biography:Guimard was thrice Argentine Champion. In 1936, he won the ARG-ch 15 Mayor, and in 1937 a match for the title against Roberto Grau . In 1937/38, he won a match against Luis Piazzini...

 (2.5 : 7.5) in 1938, and lost a match to 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...

 (6 : 8) in
1940.
In 1934, he tied for 7-8th in Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament (Aaron Schwartzman

Aaron Schwartzman

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

 won). In 1934/35, he won 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...

 in Buenos Aires. In 1936, he tied for 9-10th in Mar del Plata (it, 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). In 1944, he took 4th in Buenos Aires (La Regence). In 1952, he won the Club Argentino de Ajedrez Championship

Buenos Aires Club Argentino Chess Championship

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 in Buenos Aires. In 1959, he took 8th in Quilmes (Alberto Foguelman

Alberto Foguelman

Alberto Foguelman – an Argentine chess master.Born in Buenos Aires, he is a member of Círculo de Ajedrez de Villa del Parque de Buenos Aires, since 1945...

 won).

Piazzini played twice for Argentina in Chess Olympiads:

• In 1937, at first board in 7th Chess Olympiad
  7th Chess Olympiad
  The 7th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 31 and August 14, 1937, in Stockholm, Sweden]....
  
   in Stockholm (+4 –2 =6);
• In 1939, at second board in 8th Chess Olympiad
  8th Chess Olympiad
  The 8th Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , comprised an 'open' tournament, as well as a Women's World Championship contest...
  
  in Buenos Aires (+4 –3 =4).

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