- Rubén Felgaer
Rubén Felgaer (born
4 April ,1981 , inBuenos Aires ) an Argentina chess Grandmaster.Felgaer was twice Panamerican Junior Champion, in 2000 and 2001.
He was Argentine Champion in 2001, and took 2nd in 2000, 3rd in 2003, 2nd in 2004, and 2nd in 2006 (ARG-ch).
In 2001, he shared first at Mar del Plata and took 7th in Buenos Aires (14th Najdorf Memorial;
Anatoly Karpov won). In 2003, he tied for 2nd-9th in Lido degli Estensi (Artur Kogan won). In 2004, he tied for 3rd-5th in Havana (Capablanca Memorial;Leinier Domínguez won).In 2005, Felgaer won in Vila de Sort, tied for 2nd-5th at Sevilla 2005 (Dos Hermanas,
Teimour Radjabov won), and took 6th at Barcelona 2005 (Vassily Ivanchuk won). In October 2006 he played in a match Buenos Aires vs Warsaw, and drew withBartosz Soćko (1 : 1) at first board in Buenos Aires (17th Najdorf Festival).Felgaer played for Argentina in three
Chess Olympiad s.
* In 2002, at first board in 35th Olympiad in Bled (+1 –4 =4);
* In 2004, at first board in 36th Olympiad in Calvia (+2 –4 =5);
* In 2006, at first board in 37th Olympiad in Turin (+2 –1 =2).He was awarded the GM title in 2002.
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