Carlos Horacio García Palermo (born 2 December 1953) is an Argentine-Italian chess grandmaster.

Born in La Plata, at the beginning of his career he defeated Robert James Fischer in a simultaneous display in 1970.

[3] Garcia Palermo is the only Argentine player to have beat a reigning world champion under classic time controls.

García Palermo represented Argentina in the World Team Chess Championship at Lucerne 1985, and played three times in the Chess Olympiad: for Argentina at Dubai 1986, and for Italy at Manila 1992, Turin 2006.

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