# Samuel Schweber

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{{short description|Argentine chess player (1936–2017)}}
'''Samuel Schweber''' (16 July 1936 in [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires) – 1 January 2017) was an [Argentine](/source/Argentine) [chess](/source/chess) player.

Schweber played in several [Argentine chess championships](/source/Argentine_Chess_Championship). He was 7-8th in 1956 ([Raúl Sanguineti](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_Sanguineti) won), 4-6th in 1960 ([Miguel Najdorf](/source/Miguel_Najdorf) won), 2nd in 1963 ([Raimundo García](/source/Raimundo_Garc%C3%ADa) won), 3rd in 1965 (Sanguineti won), 5-8th in 1967 (Najdorf won), 2nd in 1968 (Sanguineti won), 3rd-4th in 1969 ([Carlos Juárez](/source/Carlos_E._Ju%C3%A1rez) won), 3rd-4th in 1980 ([Miguel Quinteros](/source/Miguel_Quinteros) won).

In tournaments, he was 9th in the 1955 [World Junior Championship](/source/World_Junior_Chess_Championship) in Antwerp ([Boris Spassky](/source/Boris_Spassky) won),<ref name="Sunnucks"/> 2nd at São Paulo 1960 (zonal, [Julio Bolbochán](/source/Julio_Bolboch%C3%A1n) won), and finished 19-20th at [Stockholm 1962](/source/World_Chess_Championship_1963) (interzonal).  In 1962, he tied for 3rd-4th in Mar del Plata (Latin American; Garcia won). In 1963, Schweber won in São Paulo. In 1963, he tied for 3rd-5th in Fortaleza (zonal, [Héctor Rossetto](/source/H%C3%A9ctor_Rossetto) won). In 1964, he took 2nd in Rio de Janeiro (zonal, playoff).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ |title=Home |website=brasilbase.pro.br}}</ref>

In 1966, he tied for 5-6th in Buenos Aires / Rio Hondo (zonal, [Henrique Mecking](/source/Henrique_Mecking) won). In 1966, he took 2nd, behind Mecking, in São Paulo. In 1966, he tied for 3rd-6th in Havana ([Pan-American](/source/Pan_American_Chess_Championship); [Eleazar Jiménez](/source/Eleazar_Jim%C3%A9nez) won). In 1968, he took 3rd in Chacabuco ([Carlos Guimard](/source/Carlos_Guimard) won). In 1968, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires. In 1969, he took 9th in Mar del Plata (zonal, Najdorf and [Oscar Panno](/source/Oscar_Panno) won). In 1970, he tied for 16-17th in Buenos Aires (Fischer won). In 1971, he took 11th in Mar del Plata ([Lev Polugaevsky](/source/Lev_Polugaevsky) won).

In 1976, he tied for 6-7th in Mar del Plata ([Victor Brond](/source/Victor_Brond) won). In 1979, he tied for 12-13th in Buenos Aires ([Ljubomir Ljubojević](/source/Ljubomir_Ljubojevi%C4%87) and [Viktor Korchnoi](/source/Viktor_Korchnoi) won). In 1982, he tied for 9-11th in Moron (zonal, Quinteros won). In 1991, he tied for 9-11th in Buenos Aires ([Bent Larsen](/source/Bent_Larsen) won).

He played for Argentina in five [Chess Olympiad](/source/Chess_Olympiad)s.<ref name="olimpbase">[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ymamy4ug.html Schweber, Samuel] team chess record at olimpbase.org</ref>
* In 1960, at first reserve board in [14th Chess Olympiad](/source/14th_Chess_Olympiad) in Leipzig (+6 –2 =2);
* In 1964, at third board in [16th Chess Olympiad](/source/16th_Chess_Olympiad) in Tel Aviv (+8 –2 =7);
* In 1966, at second reserve board in [17th Chess Olympiad](/source/17th_Chess_Olympiad) in Havana (+1 –0 =1);
* In 1980, at fourth board in [24th Chess Olympiad](/source/24th_Chess_Olympiad) in La Valletta (+1 –1 =5);
* In 1984, at fourth board in [26th Chess Olympiad](/source/26th_Chess_Olympiad) in Thessaloniki (+1 –0 =2).
He won individual silver medal at Leipzig 1960.

Schweber was awarded the [International Master](/source/International_Master) (IM) title in 1961.<ref name="Sunnucks">{{citation
 | last=Sunnucks | first=Anne | author-link=Anne Sunnucks
 | year=1970 | title=The Encyclopaedia of Chess
 | publisher=St. Martin's Press
 | page=424
 | lccn=78106371}}</ref>

Schweber died on 1 January 2017 at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://federacionargentinadeajedrez.org/index.php/noticias/item/126-adios-al-maestro-internacional-l-samuel-schweber |title=Adiós al Maestro Internacional Samuel Schweber |website=federacionargentinadeajedrez.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103083109/http://federacionargentinadeajedrez.org/index.php/noticias/item/126-adios-al-maestro-internacional-l-samuel-schweber |archive-date=2017-01-03}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312095147/https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=100501 |title=Samuel Schweber rating card at FIDE}}
* {{Chessgames.com player|16369}}
* [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22442-58146-87?cc=1932363 Visa with photo 1963] at [FamilySearch](/source/FamilySearch) {{registration required}}
* [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22428-28448-76?cc=1932363 Visa with photo 1964] at [FamilySearch](/source/FamilySearch) {{registration required}}

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Category:1936 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Jewish Argentine sportspeople
Category:Jewish chess players
Category:Chess International Masters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Chess players from Buenos Aires
Category:20th-century Argentine chess players

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