The Most Famous
CHESS PLAYERS from Argentina
This page contains a list of the greatest Argentinean Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 374 Chess Players, 3 of which were born in Argentina. This makes Argentina the birth place of the 28th most number of Chess Players behind Lithuania and Slovenia.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Argentinean Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Argentinean Chess Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Oscar Panno (1935 - )
With an HPI of 48.17, Oscar Panno is the most famous Argentinean Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Oscar Roberto Panno (born 17 March 1935) is an Argentine chess Grandmaster. Panno was the first world-class chess player born in South America.
2. Julio Bolbochán (1920 - 1996)
With an HPI of 42.07, Julio Bolbochán is the 2nd most famous Argentinean Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Julio Bolbochán (Buenos Aires, 20 March 1920 – Caracas, 28 June 1996) was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948.
3. Roberto Grau (1900 - )
With an HPI of 40.80, Roberto Grau is the 3rd most famous Argentinean Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Roberto Gabriel Grau (18 March 1900 – 12 April 1944) was an Argentine chess master. He was born and died in Buenos Aires. In the late 1920s he was Argentina's strongest chess-player.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as chess players born between 1900 and 1935. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living chess players include Oscar Panno. The most famous deceased chess players include Julio Bolbochán and Roberto Grau. As of April 2022, 1 new chess players have been added to Pantheon including Roberto Grau.
