Ruben Rojansky, son of a Buenos Aires Yiddish journalist, won the Argentine Chess Clubs championship today by defeating Aldredo Esposito, 5-1/2 to 4-1/2, in ten matches. The 25-year-old attorney was hailed by the Argentine press for his “extraordinary memory and ambitious style.”
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