Samuel Schweber


Samuel Schweber was an Argentine chess player.
Schweber played in several Argentine chess championships. He was 7-8th in 1956, 4-6th in 1960, 2nd in 1963, 3rd in 1965, 5-8th in 1967, 2nd in 1968, 3rd-4th in 1969, 3rd-4th in 1980.
In tournaments, he was 9th in the 1955 World Junior Championship in Antwerp, 2nd at São Paulo 1960, and finished 19-20th at Stockholm 1962. In 1962, he tied for 3rd-4th in Mar del Plata. In 1963, Schweber won in São Paulo. In 1963, he tied for 3rd-5th in Fortaleza. In 1964, he took 2nd in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1966, he tied for 5-6th in Buenos Aires / Rio Hondo. In 1966, he took 2nd, behind Mecking, in São Paulo. In 1966, he tied for 3rd-6th in Havana. In 1968, he took 3rd in Chacabuco. In 1968, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires. In 1969, he took 9th in Mar del Plata. In 1970, he tied for 16-17th in Buenos Aires. In 1971, he took 11th in Mar del Plata.
In 1976, he tied for 6-7th in Mar del Plata. In 1979, he tied for 12-13th in Buenos Aires. In 1982, he tied for 9-11th in Moron. In 1991, he tied for 9-11th in Buenos Aires.
He played for Argentina in five Chess Olympiads.
He won individual silver medal at Leipzig 1960.
Schweber was awarded the International Master title in 1961.
Schweber died on 1 January 2017 at the age of 80.