Hugo Spangenberg Explained

Birth Date:	22 November 1975
Grandmaster (1996)
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),^[1] and took 3rd at Halle 1995 (World Junior Chess Championship, U-20).

Spangenberg was Argentine Champion in 1993 and Sub-Champion in 1996.^[2] He shared 1st with Pablo Ricardi at Villa Gesell 1996,^[3] won at Buenos Aires 1998,^[4] and tied for 1st-3rd with Carlos Garcia Palermo and Herman Van Riemsdijk at La Plata 1998.^[5]

He thrice represented Argentina in Chess Olympiads at Moscow 1994, Yerevan 1996, and Elista 1998.^[6]

He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1996.

External links

• • • Rating data for Hugo Spangenberg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cubatão 1989 - 2° Campeonato Panamericano u14 (boys) . Brasilbase.pro.br . 2013-10-20.
2. Web site: Major Tournaments and Argentine Chess Championships (notes in Spanish) . https://archive.today/20240524132203/https://www.webcitation.org/5kmQOO7Vi?url=http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm . 2024-05-24 . dead .
3. Web site: Villa Gesell 1996. 365Chess. 16 January 2015.
4. Web site: Buenos Aires 1998 - 40° Aniversario de APSEE . Brasilbase.pro.br . 2013-10-20.
5. Web site: La Plata 1998 - Torneo Internacional AMEBS . Brasilbase.pro.br . 2013-10-20.
6. Web site: Wojciech Bartelski . Men's Chess Olympiads :: Hugo Spangenberg . OlimpBase . 2013-10-20.