Carlos Maderna

{{short description|Argentine chess player (1910–1976)}} thumb|Maderna in 1928

'''Carlos Hugo Maderna''' (4 August 1910 – 23 January<ref>From ''Mundo del Ajedrez'', March 1976, p. 51-52; but '25 January', according to ''Ajedrez Revista Mensual'', July 1976, p. 504.</ref> 1976) was an Argentine chess master.

== Chess Career ==

He was twice Argentine Champion; in 1940 he won a match for the title (of 1939) against Luis Piazzini (8 : 6), then lost a match to Carlos Guimard (1 : 8) in 1941 (for the title of 1940), and won the title (of 1950) after play-off with Jacobo Bolbochán and Heinrich Reinhardt in 1951.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000526180144/http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Mound/7762/jag/base4049.htm base4049]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Major Tournaments and Argentine Chess Championships (notes in '''Spanish''') |url=http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524132203/https://www.webcitation.org/5kmQOO7Vi?url=http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm |archivedate=2024-05-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000118014545/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Mound/7762/jag/base0039.htm base0039]</ref> In 1934/35 he took 16th in South American Chess Championship in Buenos Aires (Piazzini won).<ref>[http://www.brasilbase.pro.br BrasilBase]</ref> In 1938, he tied for 5-6th in Montevideo (Carrasco, Alexander Alekhine won).<ref>[http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9.htm Amsterdam (NED-ch10th) 1938] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215163515/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9.htm |date=2010-12-15 }}</ref> 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 Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+5 -5 =1); * In 1935 at fourth board in 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+5 -4 =10).<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess]</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maderna, Carlos}} Category:1910 births Category:1976 deaths Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:20th-century Argentine chess players