Carlos Maderna

Carlos Hugo Maderna (4 August 1910 – 23 January 1976) was an Argentine chess master.

He was twice Argentine Champion; in 1940 he won a match for the title against Luis Piazzini (8 : 6), then lost a match to Carlos Guimard (1 : 8) in 1941, and won the title after play-off with Jacobo Bolbochán and Heinrich Reinhardt in 1950/51. [ [http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/mound/7762/jag/base4049.htm base4049 ] ] , [ [http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm Campeonatos Argentinos de Ajedrez ] ]

In 1928, he tied for 4-5th in Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament (Roberto Grau won). In 1931, he won ahead of Savielly Tartakower in Buenos Aires (Geniol it). [ [http://www.geocities.com/colosseum/mound/7762/jag/base0039.htm base0039 ] ] In 1934/35 he took 16th in South American Chess Championship in Buenos Aires (Piazzini won). [ [http://www.brasilbase.pro.br BrasilBase ] ] In 1938, he tied for 5-6th in Montevideo (Carrasco, Alexander Alekhine won). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9.htm Amsterdam (NED-ch10th) 1938 ] ] In 1948, he won in Santa Fe.

He participated in first and second South American zonal tournaments. He took 3rd, after Erich Eliskases and Julio Bolbochán, at Mar del Plata / Buenos Aires 1951, and tied for 11-12th at Mar del Plata / Buenos Aires 1954 (Oscar Panno won).

Maderna played for Argentina in two Chess Olympiads:
* In 1928 at second board in 2nd Olympiad in The Hague (+5 -5 =1);
* In 1935 at fourth board in 6th Olympiad in Warsaw (+5 -4 =10). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]

References

External links

* http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=23922