{{Short description|Uruguayan chess player (1900–1942)}} {{Infobox person |name =Julio Balparda |image = |image_size =150px |caption = |birth_date = 1900 |birth_place =Uruguay |death_date = 9 July 1942 |death_place =Montevideo |occupation =chess player, athlete |spouse = |partner = |children = |awards = Uruguayan Chess Championship<br/>South American Chess Championship |signature = }}
'''Julio César Balparda Muró''' (c. 1900 – 9 July 1942 in Montevideo)<ref>''Caissa'', August 1942, p. 165.</ref> was a Uruguayan chess master.
He won the Uruguayan Chess Championship three times (1929, 1934, and 1936).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ajedrezlaproa.blogspot.com/2008/06/bernardo-roselli-y-camila-colombo.html|title=Club de Ajedrez La Proa: Bernardo Roselli y Camila Colombo Campeones Uruguayos|website=Ajedrezlaproa.blogspot.com|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref> He played several times in the South American Chess Championship; tied for 10-12th at Mar del Plata 1928 (''I Magistral Ciudad de Mar del Plata, III Campeonato Sudamericano'', Roberto Grau won),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mdpajedrez.org.ar/arch800/magistrales/I_1928.htm |title=I Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Mar del Plata – Fma |access-date=2009-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531184502/http://www.mdpajedrez.org.ar/arch800/magistrales/I_1928.htm |archive-date=2011-05-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> tied for 3rd-6th at Mar del Plata 1934 (Aaron Schwartzman won),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mdpajedrez.org.ar/arch800/magistrales/II_1934.htm |title=Ii Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Mar del Plata – Fma |access-date=2009-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531184509/http://www.mdpajedrez.org.ar/arch800/magistrales/II_1934.htm |archive-date=2011-05-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> took 17th at Buenos Aires 1934/35 (Luis Piazzini won),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ti1934ba.htm |title=Buenos Aires 1934/35 - Sulamericano |accessdate=2008-09-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216115521/http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ti1934ba.htm |archivedate=2006-02-16 }}</ref> took 15th at Mar del Plata 1936 (Isaías Pleci won),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mdpajedrez.org.ar/arch800/magistrales/III_1936.htm |title=I Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Mar del Plata – Fma |accessdate=2009-04-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531184515/http://www.mdpajedrez.org.ar/arch800/magistrales/III_1936.htm |archivedate=2011-05-31 }}</ref> took 14th at São Paulo 1937 (Rodrigo Flores won),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/tb1937sp.htm |title=Sao Paulo 1937 - Sulamericano |accessdate=2009-03-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216114620/http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/tb1937sp.htm |archivedate=2006-02-16 }}</ref> and took 11th at Montevideo (Carrasco) 1938 (Alexander Alekhine won).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ti1938mv.htm |title=Montevideo 1938 - Sulamericano |accessdate=2008-09-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505095544/http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ti1938mv.htm |archivedate=2005-05-05 }}</ref>
In his last international tournaments, he took 5th place at Montevideo 1941,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1941Montevideo.htm|title=1941Montevideo|website=Thechesslibrary.com|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref> and 10th at Aguas de Sao Pedro/São Paulo 1941,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/TB1941SP.HTM|title=Aguas de São Pedro/São Paulo 1941 - Torneio Internacional|website=Brasilbase.pro.br|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref> both won by Erich Eliskases.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.365chess.com/players/Julio_Cesar_Balparda Julio Balparda at 365Chess.com]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balparda, Julio}} Category:1900s births Category:1942 deaths Category:20th-century Uruguayan chess players {{Uruguay-chess-bio-stub}}