List of nationality transfers in chess
To countries in the Americas
Table:
Name

From nation

To nation

Albert Becker

Austria
Germany

Argentina

Francisco Benko

Germany

Argentina

Moshe Czerniak

Poland
Palestine

Argentina
Israel

Erich Eliskases

Austria/ Germany

Argentina

Nicolas Engalicev

Latvia/ Italy

Canada

Movsas Feigins

Latvia

Argentina

Paulino Frydman

Poland

Argentina

Sonja Graf

Germany

Argentina
United States

Aristide Gromer

France

Argentina

Zelman Kleinstein

Palestine

Argentina

Markas Luckis

Lithuania

Argentina

Paul Michel

Germany

Argentina

Miguel Najdorf

Poland

Argentina

Jiri Pelikan

Czechoslovakia

Argentina

Herman Pilnik

Germany

Argentina

Meir Rauch

Poland
Palestine

Argentina
Israel

Ilmar Raud

Estonia

Argentina

Heinrich Reinhardt

Germany

Argentina

Chris de Ronde

Netherlands

Argentina

Paulette Schwartzmann

France

Argentina

Adolf Seitz

Germany

Argentina
Switzerland

Karel Skalička

Czechoslovakia

Argentina

Maxim Sorokin

Russia

Argentina

Gideon Ståhlberg

Sweden

Argentina
Sweden

Franciszek Sulik

Poland

Argentina
Australia

Victor Winz

Germany
Palestine

Argentina

Pablo Baender

Germany

Bolivia

Ludwig Engels

Germany

Brazil

Jacob Ascher

England

Canada

Evgeny Bareev

Russia

Canada

Fedor Bogatyrchuk

Soviet Union

Canada

Géza Füster

Hungary

Canada

Leonid Gerzhoy

Israel

Canada

Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov

Soviet Union

Canada
United States

Carlos Jauregui

Chile

Canada

Miervaldis Jursevskis

Latvia

Canada

Natalia Khoudgarian

Russia

Canada

Anton Kovalyov

Argentina

Canada

Stanislav Kriventsov

Russia
United States

Canada

Roman Pelts

Soviet Union

Canada

William H. K. Pollock

England/ Ireland

Canada

Edward Porper

Soviet Union
Israel

Canada

Alexander Rabinovich

Israel

Canada

Bator Sambuev

Russia

Canada

Artiom Samsonkin

Belarus

Canada

Zoltan Sarosy

Hungary

Canada

Stephen Francis Smith

United Kingdom

Canada

Yan Teplitsky

Russia
Israel

Canada

Dimitri Tyomkin

Israel

Canada

Povilas Vaitonis

Lithuania

Canada

Zvonko Vranesic

Yugoslavia

Canada

Yang Kaiqi

China

Canada

Qiyu Zhou

Finland

Canada

Alexis Cabrera

Cuba

Colombia
Spain

Neuris Delgado Ramírez

Cuba

Colombia
Paraguay

Daniel Tapia

United States

Colombia

Gerardo Budowski

Germany
Venezuela

Costa Rica

Francisco Perez

Spain

Cuba

Nelson Pinal Borges

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Lisandro Fernandez Reyes

Cuba

Ecuador

Paul Klein

Germany

Ecuador

Bruno Moritz

Germany

Ecuador

Lemnys Arias

Honduras

El Salvador

Alvaro Blanco Fernandez

Cuba

Mexico

Juan Carlos González Zamora

Cuba

Mexico

Neuris Delgado Ramírez

Cuba
Colombia

Paraguay

Tatev Abrahamyan

Armenia

United States

Anna Akhsharumova

Soviet Union

United States

Varuzhan Akobian

Armenia

United States

Lev Alburt

Soviet Union

United States

Babakuli Annakov

Turkmenistan

United States

Camilla Baginskaite

Lithuania

United States

Batchimeg Tuvshintugs

Mongolia

United States

Mikhail Baturyn

Belarus

United States

Julio Becerra Rivero

Cuba

United States

Anjelina Belakovskaia

Ukraine

United States

Pal Benko

Hungary

United States

Horace Bigelow

England

United States

Boris Blumin

Canada

United States

Walter Browne

Australia

United States

Oscar Chajes

Austria-Hungary

United States

Akshat Chandra

India

United States

Fidel Corrales Jimenez

Cuba

United States

Dorsa Derakhshani

Iran

United States

Leinier Domínguez

Cuba

United States

Elena Donaldson

Soviet Union

United States

Leonids Dreibergs

Latvia

United States

Roman Dzindzichashvili

Soviet Union
Israel

United States

Louis Eisenberg

Ukraine

United States

Arpad Elo

Hungary

United States

Jaan Ehlvest

Estonia

United States

Esther Epstein

Soviet Union

United States

Sergey Erenburg

Russia
Israel

United States

Samuel Factor

Poland

United States

Florin Felecan

Romania

United States

Andrei-Costel Florean

Romania

United States

Sabina-Francesca Foisor

Romania

United States

Selim Franklin

England

United States

Timur Gareyev

Uzbekistan

United States

Samuel Gold

Austria-Hungary

United States

Alexander Goldin

Russia
Israel

United States

Rusudan Goletiani

Georgia

United States

Renier Gonzalez

Cuba

United States

Sonja Graf

Germany
Argentina

United States

Eduard Gufeld

Georgia

United States

Boris Gulko

Soviet Union

United States

Dmitry Gurevich

Soviet Union

United States

Anna Hahn

Latvia

United States

Holden Hernandez Carmenate

Cuba

United States

Ildar Ibragimov

Russia

United States

Alexander Ivanov

Soviet Union

United States

Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov

Soviet Union
Canada

United States

Zviad Izoria

Georgia

United States

Gregory Kaidanov

Russia

United States

Gata Kamsky

Soviet Union

United States

Albert Kapengut

Belarus

United States

Mona May Karff

Palestine

United States

Lubomir Kavalek

Czechoslovakia

United States

Hans Kmoch

Austria

United States

Boris Kogan

Soviet Union

United States

George Koltanowski

Belgium

United States

Boris Kreiman

Soviet Union

United States

Stanislav Kriventsov

Russia

United States
Canada

Edward Lasker

Germany

United States

Emanuel Lasker

Germany
Soviet Union

United States

Anatoly Lein

Soviet Union

United States

Irina Levitina

Soviet Union

United States

Theodor Lichtenhein

Germany

United States

Marlo Micayabas

Philippines

United States

Nikolay Minev

Bulgaria

United States

Elshan Moradi

Iran

United States

Alejandro Moreno

Cuba

United States

Katerina Nemcova

Czech Republic

United States

Viktorija Ni

Latvia

United States

Alexander Onischuk

Ukraine

United States

Georgi Orlov

Russia

United States

Nazi Paikidze

Georgia

United States

Sam Palatnik

Soviet Union

United States

Rudolf Pitschak

Czechoslovakia

United States

Joseph Platz

Germany

United States

Susan Polgar

Hungary

United States

Stepan Popel

Ukraine/ Poland
France

United States

Alejandro Ramirez

Costa Rica

United States

Samuel Reshevsky

Poland

United States

Katerina Rohonyan

Ukraine

United States

Jacob Rosenthal

Poland
Netherlands

United States

Nicolas Rossolimo

France

United States

Alexey W. Rudolph

Germany

United States

John William Schulten

Germany

United States

Gabriel Schwartzman

Romania

United States

Gregory Serper

Uzbekistan

United States

Alexander Shabalov

Latvia

United States

Leonid Shamkovich

Soviet Union
Israel

United States

Anna Sharevich

Belarus

United States

Miron Sher

Russia

United States

Kamran Shirazi

Iran

United States
France

Yury Shulman

Belarus

United States

Mikhail Shur

Azerbaijan

United States

Wesley So

Philippines

United States

Wilhelm Steinitz

Austrian Empire
United Kingdom

United States

Alexander Stripunsky

Ukraine

United States

Dariusz Swiercz

Poland

United States

Povilas Tautvaišas

Lithuania

United States

Oscar Tenner

Germany

United States

Myroslav Turiansky

Soviet Union
Austria

United States

Milan Vukcevich

Yugoslavia

United States

Alexander Wojtkiewicz

Soviet Union
Poland

United States

Alex Yermolinsky

Soviet Union

United States

Anna Zatonskih

Ukraine

United States

Elmārs Zemgalis

Latvia

United States

Yaroslav Zherebukh

Ukraine

United States

Raset Ziatdinov

Uzbekistan

United States

Luis Ernesto Rodi

Argentina

Uruguay

Jaime Bograd

Romania

Venezuela

Gerardo Budowski

Germany

Venezuela
Costa Rica

Ariel Marichal Gonzalez

Cuba

Venezuela

Antonio Medina

Spain

Venezuela

Wilson Palencia

Colombia

Venezuela

Laszlo Tapaszto

Hungary

Venezuela

Felix Ynojosa

England

Venezuela

Per the details in the data table for 'List of nationality transfers in chess' in the 'To countries in the Americas' section, formulate a single-sentence overview of the highlighted cells and return it as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.