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The first South American Chess Championship (Torneo Sudamericano, Torneio Sulamericano) was held in Montevideo (Carrasco), Uruguay, on December 25, 1921 - January 22, 1922. The eighteen-player single round-robin tournament was won by Roberto Grau 14/17, followed by Benito Villegas, Valentin Fernandez Coria and Rolando Illa, all got 12.5/17, etc.
The Torneio Sulamericano was replaced in 1951 by the Torneio Zonal Sulamericano, except for 1962 (*) when the Torneo Latino-americano was played.
| Year | City | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1921/22 | Montevideo | Roberto Grau (Argentina) |
| 1925 | Montevideo | Luis Palau (Argentina) |
| 1928 | Mar del Plata | Roberto Grau (Argentina) |
| 1934 | Mar del Plata | Aaron Schwartzman (Argentina) |
| 1934/35 | Buenos Aires | Luis Piazzini (Argentina) |
| 1936 | Mar del Plata | Isaias Pleci (Argentina) |
| 1937 | São Paulo | Rodrigo Flores (Chile) |
| 1938 | Montevideo | Alexander Alekhine (France) |
| 1951 | Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires | Erich Eliskases (Argentina) Julio Bolbochán (Argentina) |
| 1954 | Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires | Oscar Panno (Argentina) |
| 1957 | Rio de Janeiro | Oscar Panno (Argentina) |
| 1960 | São Paulo | Julio Bolbochán (Argentina) |
| 1962 (*) | Mar del Plata | Raimundo Garcia (Argentina) |
| 1963 | Fortaleza | Hector Rossetto (Argentina) |
| 1966 | Buenos Aires/Rio Hondo | Henrique Mecking (Brazil) Julio Bolbochán (Argentina) Oscar Panno (Argentina) Alberto Foguelman (Argentina) |
| 1969 | Mar del Plata | Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) Oscar Panno (Argentina) |
| 1972 | São Paulo | Henrique Mecking (Brazil) |
| 1975 | Fortaleza | Raúl Sanguineti (Argentina) |
| 1978 | Tramandaí | Francisco Trois (Brazil) |
| 1982 | Moron | Miguel Quinteros (Argentina) |
| 1985 | Corrientes | Miguel Quinteros (Argentina) Ivan Morovic (Chile) |
| 1987 | Santiago | Gilberto Milos Jr (Brazil) |
| 1989 | São Paulo | Jaime Sunye Neto (Brazil) Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (Brazil) |
| 1993 | Brasília | Julio Granda Zúñiga (Peru) |
| 1995 | São Paulo | Julio Granda Zúñiga (Peru) |
| 1998 | São Paulo | Gilberto Milos Jr (Brazil) Rafael Leitao (Brazil) Jaime Sunye Neto (Brazil) |
| 2000 | São Paulo | Darcy Lima (Brazil) |
| 2001 | São Paulo | Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil) |
| 2003 | São Paulo | Darcy Lima (Brazil) |
| 2005 | São Paulo | Gilberto Milos Jr (Brazil) |
| 2007 | São Paulo | Gilberto Milos Jr (Brazil) Rafael Leitão (Brazil) |