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Hugo Spangenberg

Number of games in database: 391
Years covered: 1989 to 2003
Last FIDE rating: 2469 (2387 rapid, 2438 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2565
Overall record: +137 -87 =152 (56.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 15 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (66) 
    B22 B91 B58 B80 B42
 French Defense (20) 
    C01 C05 C11 C12 C03
 Caro-Kann (17) 
    B18 B17 B10 B12 B13
 Vienna Opening (13) 
    C25 C28 C29 C26
 Reti System (11) 
    A05 A04
 Sicilian Najdorf (9) 
    B91 B90 B93
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (69) 
    B32 B42 B31 B43 B22
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (27) 
    D27 D20 D23 D24 D29
 Queen's Pawn Game (23) 
    A41 D00 D02 D05
 Sicilian Kan (19) 
    B42 B43 B41
 King's Indian (9) 
    E91 E83 E61 E75 E92
 Reti System (9) 
    A04
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H Spangenberg vs Kasparov, 1997 1-0
   H Spangenberg vs Van Wely, 1994 1-0
   H Spangenberg vs Kramnik, 1991 1-0
   H Spangenberg vs T Oral, 1995 1-0
   H Spangenberg vs K Spraggett, 1996 1-0
   H Spangenberg vs J F Pierrot, 1999 1-0
   H Spangenberg vs Kasparov, 1992 1/2-1/2
   H Spangenberg vs Miles, 1994 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Argentine Championship (1994)
   APSEE 40th Anniversary (1998)
   Argentine Championship (1996)
   La Plata AMEBS (1998)
   World Junior Championship (1995)
   World Junior Championship (1994)
   Capablanca Memorial-A (1993)
   Argentine Championship 1997 (1998)
   Argentine Championship (1998)
   World Junior Championship (1992)
   Buenos Aires Konex Canon Open (1991)
   Groningen Open (1994)
   Sao Paulo Latin American Cup Open (1991)
   Elista Olympiad (1998)
   American Continental (2003)

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HUGO SPANGENBERG
(born Nov-22-1975, 49 years old) Argentina

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Grandmaster. Champion of Argentina in 1993.

Wikipedia article: Hugo Spangenberg


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 page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 391  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Spangenberg vs Juarez 1-0371989ARGC29 Vienna Gambit
2. J Szmetan vs H Spangenberg  1-0341990Buenos Aires GP 12thB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
3. H Spangenberg vs H Borghi  1-0291990Buenos Aires FMDAC26 Vienna
4. J Gomez Baillo vs H Spangenberg  ½-½301990Buenos Aires opB30 Sicilian
5. H Spangenberg vs L Bronstein  0-1351990Buenos Aires BCA opA07 King's Indian Attack
6. H Spangenberg vs C Valiente  0-1321991Mar del Plata OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
7. C Sanchez vs H Spangenberg  1-0501991Mar del Plata OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
8. H Spangenberg vs V Pina  ½-½491991Mar del Plata OpenC12 French, McCutcheon
9. H Spangenberg vs V Celi  1-0511991Mar del Plata OpenB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
10. S Slipak vs H Spangenberg  ½-½521991Mar del Plata OpenA04 Reti Opening
11. H Spangenberg vs D Morgade  1-0631991Mar del Plata OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
12. H Spangenberg vs C Valiente  0-1351991Buenos Aires Konex Canon OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
13. P Zarnicki vs H Spangenberg  0-1431991Buenos Aires Konex Canon OpenC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
14. J L Rodriguez vs H Spangenberg  ½-½531991Buenos Aires Konex Canon OpenD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
15. H Spangenberg vs L Bronstein  1-0261991Buenos Aires Konex Canon OpenC28 Vienna Game
16. H Spangenberg vs R Casafus  1-0571991Buenos Aires Konex Canon OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
17. G Kanefsck vs H Spangenberg  1-0351991Buenos Aires Konex Canon OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
18. H Spangenberg vs G Milos  0-1561991Buenos Aires Konex Canon OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
19. H Spangenberg vs R F Henao  1-0491991Buenos Aires Konex Canon OpenB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
20. H Spangenberg vs R Freire  ½-½211991Wch U16C26 Vienna
21. O Silveira Leite II vs H Spangenberg  0-1451991Sao Paulo Latin American Cup OpenA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
22. H Spangenberg vs B Ribeiro  ½-½621991Sao Paulo Latin American Cup OpenB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
23. H Spangenberg vs Kharlov  0-1571991Sao Paulo Latin American Cup OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
24. H Prol Medeiros vs H Spangenberg  0-1451991Sao Paulo Latin American Cup OpenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
25. H Spangenberg vs A Cardoso Filho  1-0601991Sao Paulo Latin American Cup OpenC26 Vienna
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-02-06  EmperorAtahualpa: GM Hugo Spangenberg, current FIDE rating 2487, with which he is currently Argentina's eighth best player.

http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph...

Although he is of Argentinian nationality, his name sounds like he could be of Dutch ethnicity. Can anyone confirm or negate this?

Feb-02-06  vonKrolock: When he was a wunderkind he visited my city to play in an Open - it was in 1991 or around - according to his mother then, the surname Spangenberg is German and very ancient
Feb-20-07  BIDMONFA: Hugo Spangenberg

SPANGENBERG, Hugo
http://www.bidmonfa.com/spangenberg...
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Mar-14-07  ALEXIN: Lucky Spangenberg, he beated both Kasparov and Kramnik.
Mar-15-07  elLocoEvans: And seems he has beaten also Lautier, Karpov and Van Wely, nothing bad at all. Furthermore in Bindmonfa's website says he was the Argentinian champion in 1993. Bien por ti Spangenberg! (de seguro pasa por chessgames :) )
Mar-09-08  Augalv: It's a real pity Hugo is retired from chess. I hope he comes back sometime.
Dec-08-08  Augalv: "He's got talent"

Anatoly Karpov, in reference to Hugo Spangenberg after their four-game rapid mini-match played in Argentina in 1994.

(Karpov won 3-1)

Mar-14-09  wordfunph: My son was named after GM HUGO Spangenberg..
Jul-31-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: SquarePants to his friends.
Nov-22-16  Caissanist: I enjoyed his commentary (in Spanish) about yesterday's WC game on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hugospan . Google Translate is even worse than I thought, though: it translates "el negro" as "that n***a".
Nov-22-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <Caissanist> Right! In Spanish, we say "el blanco" and "el negro" to refer to the players handling the white and black pieces, or to simply refer to the white and black armies, not the players (since we use the terms when the players are female too; I would say "el blanco es Pogonina" rather than "la blanca es Pogonina.")

In addition to meaning black, the word negro can also be a term of endearment in Argentina (and other Spanish-speaking countries). So can "gordo" (fat) or "gordito" (little fat one). My mom called my dad "gordito" all their life together, and my dad was totally fine with it. My US-born and raised friends sometimes find it hard to wrap their minds around this.

Nov-22-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <Augalv: It's a real pity Hugo is retired from chess. I hope he comes back sometime.>

I lost a blitz game to him on ICC a few months ago. I guess he kills some time on ICC.

Nov-22-17  zanzibar: Here's an old article (in Spanish) from his wunderkid days:

http://blogs.lanacion.com.ar/ajedre...

Has a photo.

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