Rolando Illa

Rolando Illa (6 September 1880, New York – 3 May 1937, Buenos Aires) was a Cuban–Argentine chess master.

Born in New York into a Cuban family, he moved to Argentina and was naturalized in 1904. [ [http://www.ajedrezargentina.org/biografias/illa.html Historia del Ajedrez en Argentina - Biografías ] ] He was a co-founder of the "Club Argentino de Ajedrez" in Buenos Aires. [ [http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=3484 noticias de ajedrez - El Centenario del Club Argentino de Ajedrez ] ] In 1910, he won Club Argentino Championship, and again in the period 1912–1919 [ [http://www.argentinodeajedrez.com.ar/ Club Argentino de Ajedrez -Más de 100 años de presencia en el Ajedrez Argentino ] ] ("posteriormente") [ [http://www.chessville.com/Espanol/NuestroCirculo_116.htm Chessville en Español - Nuestro Círculo #116 ] ] or 1913–1921. [ [http://www.ajedrezargentina.org/biografias/illa.html Historia del Ajedrez en Argentina - Biografías ] ] He won a match against Julio Lynch (3.5 : 1.5), and lost a match to Boris Kostić (0 : 6), both in Buenos Aires in 1913.

He shared 1st with C.M. Portela at Buenos Aires 1917, took 2nd, behind L. Carranza, at Buenos Aires 1920, tied for 2nd-4th at Montevideo (Carrasco) 1921/22 (South American Championship, Roberto Grau won), [ [http://www.brasilbase.pro.br BrasilBase ] ] and took 5th at Buenos Aires 1922 ("Pentagonal", Benito Villegas won). He thrice participated in the Argentine Championship: took 5th in 1921/22 (Damian Reca won), tied for 6-7th in 1923/24 and tied for 7-9th in 1924. [ [http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm Campeonatos Argentinos de Ajedrez ] ] Illa shared 2nd with Villegas, behind Alexander Alekhine, at Buenos Aires 1926. [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]

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