- Jorge Szmetan
Jorge Szmetan (born 26 May 1950,
Buenos Aires ) an Argentine chess master.At the beginning of his career, he won at Brasila 1969. He played many times in
Argentine Chess Championship , and was a Champion in 1976. He also tied for 4-7th in 1971, tied for 10-11th in 1972, shared 5th in 1973, took 2nd in 1974, took 6th in 1975, shared 5th in 2003, etc. [http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm]He took 7th at Sao Paulo 1972 (zonal,
Henrique Mecking won), shared 5th at Fortaleza 1975 (zonal,Raul Sanguinetti won), tied for 5-6th at Buenos Aires Club Argentino 1975 (Samuel Schweber won), took 16th at Corrientes 1985 (zonal,Miguel Quinteros andIvan Morovic won). [http://www.brasilbase.pro.br] He was a winner of Third Konex Master Open Tournament at Buenos Aires 1980. [http://www.fundacionkonex.com.ar/ingles/fundacion_konex/actividades_deporte.asp]Szmetan thrice represented Argentina in
Chess Olympiads at Nice 1974, Haifa 1976, and Buenos Aires 1978. [http://www.olimpbase.org]He was awarded the
International Master title in 1976.References
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