Hugo Spangenberg

{{short description|Argentine chess grandmaster (born 1975)}} {{Infobox chess biography | country = Argentina | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|11|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = | title = Grandmaster (1996) | rating =  | peakrating = 2565 (July 1997) | FideID = 101966 }} '''Hugo Hernán Spangenberg''' (born 22 November 1975) is an Argentine chess grandmaster.

==Career== In 1989 he entered the World Youth Chess Championships, in Puerto Rico. He won at Cubatão 1989 (the 1st ''Campeonato Panamericano'' U-14),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/p14b1989.htm |title=Cubatão 1989 - 2° Campeonato Panamericano u14 (boys) |publisher=Brasilbase.pro.br |date= |accessdate=2013-10-20}}</ref> and took 3rd at Halle 1995 (World Junior Chess Championship, U-20).

Spangenberg was Argentine Champion in 1993 and Sub-Champion in 1996.<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> He shared 1st with Pablo Ricardi at Villa Gesell 1996,<ref>{{cite web|title=Villa Gesell 1996|url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Villa_Gesell_1996|website=365Chess|accessdate=16 January 2015}}</ref> won at Buenos Aires 1998,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ti1998ba.htm |title=Buenos Aires 1998 - 40° Aniversario de APSEE |publisher=Brasilbase.pro.br |date= |accessdate=2013-10-20}}</ref> and tied for 1st-3rd with Carlos Garcia Palermo and Herman Van Riemsdijk at La Plata 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ti1998lp.htm |title=La Plata 1998 - Torneo Internacional AMEBS |publisher=Brasilbase.pro.br |date= |accessdate=2013-10-20}}</ref>

He thrice represented Argentina in Chess Olympiads at Moscow 1994, Yerevan 1996, and Elista 1998.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/rv717pnh.html |title=Men's Chess Olympiads :: Hugo Spangenberg |publisher=OlimpBase |date= |accessdate=2013-10-20}}</ref>

He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1996.

==References== {{reflist}} {{ArgentinaGMs}}

==External links== *{{Fide}} *{{chessgames player|id=14588}} *[http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=101966 Rating data for Hugo Spangenberg]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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