Jorge Szmetan [SEP] date of death
Jorge Szmetan
Jorge Szmetan (born 26 May 1950 - died 19 September 2015, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine chess master.
At the beginning of his career, he won at Brasila 1969. He played many times in Argentine Chess Championship, and was a Champion in 1976. He also tied for 4-7th in 1971, tied for 10-11th in 1972, shared 5th in 1973, took 2nd in 1974, took 6th in 1975, shared 5th in 2003, etc.
He took 7th at
Samuel Reshevsky, 3. Lubomir Kavalek
- 1974 Buenos Aires ("Triangular") 1. Jorge Szmetan, 2. Jorge Rubinetti, 3. Ricardo Grinberg
- 1976 Manila 1. Eugenio Torre, 2. Anatoly Karpov, 3. Ljubomir Ljubojević, 4. Walter Browne
- 1979 South Africa 1. Viktor Korchnoi, 2. Wolfgang Unzicker, 3. Tony Miles, 4. Anatoly Lein
- 1979 Waddinxveen 1. Anatoly Karpov, 2. Lubomir Kavalek, 3. Vlastimil Hort, 4. Gennadi