Luis Argentino Palau

{{Short description|Argentine chess player (1896–1971)}}

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Luis Argentino Palau (September 11, 1896 – February 8, 1971) was an Argentine chess master.{{citation

| last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige

| year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography

| publisher=McFarland

| isbn=0-7864-2353-6

| page=317}}

He played for Argentina in three Chess Olympiads.

• In 1924 at 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris (+5 –4 =4);
• In 1927 at 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+7 –4 =4);
• In 1928 at 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+9 –5 =2).[http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess]

In 1921/22, he tied for 10-12th in Montevideo (Roberto Grau won). In 1925, he won in Montevideo. In 1928, he took 2nd, behind Grau, in Mar del Plata (1st it). In 1934/35, he tied for 3rd-4th in Buenos Aires (Luis Piazzini won).[http://www.brasilbase.pro.br BrasilBase]

Palau was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1965.