Carlos Enrique Guimard (6 April 1913 – 11 September 1998) was an Argentine chess Grandmaster . He was born in Santiago del Estero . His granddaughter Isabel Leonard is a celebrated mezzo-soprano .
17-650: Guimard may refer to: People [ edit ] Carlos Guimard (1913– 1998), Argentine chess grandmaster Cyrille Guimard (born 1947), French cyclist and commentator Gilles-Barnabé Guimard (1734–1805), French architect of the late 18th century Hector Guimard (1867–1942), French architect, popularizer of Art Nouveau Marie-Madeleine Guimard (1743–1816), French ballerina Paul Guimard (1921–2004), French writer Places [ edit ] Hôtel Guimard , home of Marie-Madeleine Guimard Hôtel Guimard (Art Nouveau) , home of Hector Guimard Topics referred to by
34-844: A match Argentina–Switzerland (5,5 : 4,5) in Zurich. In March 1954, he drew his 8th board against Isaac Boleslavsky (+1 –1 =2) in a match Argentina–Soviet Union (11,5 : 20,5) in Buenos Aires. Guimard was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950, and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1960. The opening 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 is named for him, the Guimard Variation of the French Defense. Erich Eliskases Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (15 February 1913 – 2 February 1997)
51-512: A match against previous world championship challenger Efim Bogoljubov in 1939. These successes led to suggestions of a World Championship match with Alekhine. Documentary evidence later showed that the Nazi regime had scheduled him a 1941 match with the World Champion, but had subsequently abandoned the idea. In 1941, Alekhine spoke out in favour of a match with either Eliskases or Keres, preferring
68-591: A match against the champion, Carlos Maderna (+7 –0 =2). In tournaments, he tied for 3rd–5th at Mar del Plata 1934 (2nd it; Aaron Schwartzman won), took 5th at Mar del Plata 1936 (3rd it; Isaías Pleci won), tied for 1st with Ludwig Rellstab at Berlin 1937, took 2nd, behind Grau, at Buenos Aires 1938 (ARG-ch), took 2nd, behind Alexander Alekhine , in the Montevideo 1938 chess tournament , tied for 1st–3rd with Virgilio Fenoglio and Julio Bolbochán at Rio de Janeiro 1938, and tied for 5th–6th with Paulino Frydman in
85-1243: A match to Héctor Rossetto 5 : 8 (ARG-ch). In 1944, lost a match to Juan Iliesco 2 : 6 (ARG-ch). In 1944, he tied for 3rd–4th with Pablo Michel , behind Hermann Pilnik and Najdorf, in Mar del Plata (7th it). In 1945, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Stahlberg, behind Najdorf, in Buenos Aires. In 1945, he won in Vigna del Mare. After World War II, Guimard tied for 3rd–4th at Barcelona 1946 (Najdorf won). In 1946, he took 15th in Groningen ( Mikhail Botvinnik won). In 1946, he tied for 11–12th in Prague (Treybal Memorial; Najdorf won). In 1946, he took 4th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1947, he tied for 8–11th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1948, he took 13th in Mar del Plata (Eliskases won). In 1949, he tied for 2nd–3rd in Mar del Plata (Rossetto won). In 1949, he took 2nd, behind Julio Bolbochán, in Remedios de Escalada. In 1950, he shared second at Mar del Plata ( Svetozar Gligorić won). In 1951, he took 5th in Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires (zonale). The event
102-600: A tournament in Noordwijk ahead of Paul Keres (who later that year would win the great AVRO 1938 chess tournament ) and previous world champion Max Euwe . His victory in Noordwijk was his best career result, and began a streak of eight consecutive tournaments in which he was undefeated: six in 1938 and 1939, including Krefeld 1938, Bad Harzburg 1939, Bad Elster 1939, Vienna 1939; and two later in South America. He also won
119-498: A while in Brazil) rather than return to Europe. During those years he struggled to make a living; and in Brazil he was threatened with internment and expulsion, though some Brazilian chess enthusiasts helped Eliskases avoid that fate by hiring him as a chess teacher. In 1951 he returned to Argentina, where he eventually became a naturalized Argentine citizen and represented his new country at
136-461: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Carlos Guimard Guimard was thrice Argentine Champion . In 1936, he won the Mayor tournament, and in 1937 a match for the title against the champion, Roberto Grau (+4 –0 =4). In 1937, he won a match against his challenger, Luis Piazzini (+7 –2 =1). In 1940, he won the Mayor tournament, and in 1941
153-646: The Buenos Aires 1939 chess tournament . The event was won by Miguel Najdorf and Paul Keres . In 1940, he won in Santiago. In 1940, he took 3rd, behind Aristide Gromer and Franciszek Sulik , in Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata). In 1941, he tied for 6–8th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament (4th it; Gideon Ståhlberg won). In 1941, he took 5th in Buenos Aires (Najdorf and Stahlberg won). In 1941, he tied for 1st with Erich Eliskases , in Águas de São Pedro . In 1942, he lost
170-605: The German national championship at Bad Oeynhausen in 1938 and 1939. Other early successes included outright or joint first place at Budapest 1934 (the Hungarian Championship ), Linz 1934, Zürich 1935, Milan 1937; and match wins against Rudolf Spielmann (in 1932, 1936 and 1937). He acted as a second to Alexander Alekhine during Alekhine's successful world championship rematch against Max Euwe in 1937. His best two years were 1938 and 1939. In June 1938 he won
187-619: The 1950s, 1960s and even into the 1970s, but his results were less convincing. He married the Argentinian María Esther Almeda in 1954 and had a son, Carlos Enrico. In 1976, he and his wife went back to the Austrian Tyrol, but the couple failed to settle and returned to Córdoba in Argentina. Eliskases was also a strong correspondence player and his notes showed that he scored over 75 percent during his most active period. He
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#1732854775354204-558: The Olympiads of 1952, 1958, 1960 and 1964. Thus he represented three different countries at Olympiads: Austria, Germany and Argentina, possibly the only person to do so. Tournament success in South America included first or joint first at Águas de São Pedro/São Paulo 1941, São Paulo 1947, Mar del Plata 1948, Punta del Este 1951 and Córdoba 1959. FIDE awarded Eliskases the titles of International Master and Grandmaster in 1950 and 1952, respectively. He carried on playing through
221-678: The club, aged just fourteen. At fifteen, he was the Tyrolean Champion and at sixteen, joint winner of the Austrian Championship . His college education in Innsbruck and Vienna centred on business studies; it was chess, though, that captured his imagination and he had exceptional results representing Austria at the Olympiads of 1930, 1933 and 1935. After the Anschluss of March 1938, he won
238-549: The former. But Dutch grandmaster Hans Ree argues that it does not mean Eliskases was the strongest contender: it was one of a series of antisemitic articles attributed to Alekhine , and the suggestion of a German contender was probably politically motivated. In 1939, Eliskases emigrated to South America. He played under the German flag at the 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad , during which World War II began, when Eliskases (along with many other players) decided to stay in Argentina (and for
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272-622: Was a chess player who represented Austria , Germany and Argentina in international competition. In the late 1930s he was considered a potential contender for the World Championship. Eliskases was granted the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1952. Born in Innsbruck , Austro-Hungarian Empire , he learned chess at the age of twelve and quickly displayed an aptitude for the game, winning the Schlechter chess club championship in his first year at
289-1098: Was won by Eliskases and Julio Bolbochán. In 1952, he tied for 12–13th in Havana (Capablanca Memorial; Samuel Reshevsky and Najdorf won). In 1953, he tied for 10–11th in Mar del Plata (Gligorić won). In 1954, he tied for 3rd–4th in Mar del Plata (zonale; Oscar Panno won). In 1955, he tied for 12–13th in Göteborg (interzonale; David Bronstein won). In 1960, he tied for 4–7th in Buenos Aires. In 1961, he tied for 1st–2nd in Enschede. In 1961, he tied for 4–5th in Zevenaar. In 1962, he took 10th in Havana. In 1964, he tied for 5–6th in Buenos Aires. In 1967, he tied for 5–6th in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch). In 1981, he took 8th in Santiago ( Walter Browne won). Guimard played for Argentina in four Chess Olympiads . He won individual silver medal at Stockholm 1937, and two team silver medals (1950, 1954). In 1950, Guimard played at 2nd board against Henri Grob (+1 –0 =1) in
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