Carlos Hugo Maderna (4 August 1910 – 23 JanuaryFrom Mundo del Ajedrez, March 1976, p. 51-52; but '25 January', according to Ajedrez Revista Mensual, July 1976, p. 504. 1976) was an Argentine chess master.
Chess Career
He was twice Argentine Champion; in 1940 he won a match for the title (of 1939) against Luis Piazzini (8 : 6), then lost a match to Carlos Guimard (1 : 8) in 1941 (for the title of 1940), and won the title (of 1950) after play-off with Jacobo Bolbochán and Heinrich Reinhardt in 1951. base4049
In 1928, he tied for 4-5th in Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament (Roberto Grau won). In 1931, he won ahead of Savielly Tartakower in Buenos Aires (Geniol it). base0039 In 1934/35 he took 16th in South American Chess Championship in Buenos Aires (Piazzini won).BrasilBase In 1938, he tied for 5-6th in Montevideo (Carrasco, Alexander Alekhine won).Amsterdam (NED-ch10th) 1938 In 1948, he won in Santa Fe.
He participated in the first and second South American zonal tournaments. He took 3rd, after Erich Eliskases and Julio Bolbochán, at Mar del Plata / Buenos Aires 1951, and tied for 11-12th at Mar del Plata / Buenos Aires 1954 (Oscar Panno won).
Maderna played for Argentina in two Chess Olympiads: In 1928 at second board in 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+5 -5 =1); In 1935 at fourth board in 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+5 -4 =10).OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
References
External links http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=23922