Cristóbal Domínguez

Who was Cristóbal Domínguez?

Cristóbal Domínguez was an Argentine chess master.

He has been one of the most significant developers of the chess game study techniques since the early 1960s, when he began preparing young players with major national and international potential, in the sea-side resort city of Mar del Plata.

In 1959, Domínguez arrived in Mar del Plata with the national chess master title. By November same year he represented Mar del Plata at the Argentinian Championship.

He was the Mar del Plata City Champion for three years in 1960, 1961, and 1963. Domínguez was also part of the Mar del Plata team in several national events, leading the team to the National Championship victory in 1961 and to win the "Playas de Necochea" Tournament several times.

For his victory in 1964, the newspaper Crónica pointed out the skill of the Mar del Plata City chess players and the influence of Cristobal Dominguez:

Domínguez, Argentine Master winner of the Bahía Blanca Tournament in 1960 is the man responsible for this renaissance of Mar del Plata chess. There was a time, 15 years ago, in which Mar del Plata results were poor, but a new generation, led by Dominguez, with some young men showing their quality to the local and national public has born. Players like Serra, Serfaty, Vasta, Brond, De Urquía, shown that progress and study policy, the search for perfection, which Dominguez led and directed has its results.