Luis Augusto Sánchez

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Luis Augusto Sánchez (1916 – 1981) a Colombian chess master.

He was six-times Colombian Champion (1938, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1958, and 1962).

In 1951, he won in Caracas (zonal). In 1952, he took 17th in Stockholm (interzonal; Alexander Kotov won). In 1957, he took 3rd in Caracas (zonal; Boris De Greiff won). In 1958, he took 8th in Bogota (1st Torneo de las Americas; Oscar Panno won). In 1959, he tied for 4-6th with Raul Sanguineti and Bobby Fischer in Santiago de Chile. The event was won by Borislav Ivkov and Ludek Pachman. In 1969, he tied for 4-5th in Quito (zonal; Eleazar Jimenez and Olavo Yepez won).

Sánchez played for Colombia in four Chess Olympiads.

• In 1954, at third board in 11th Olympiad in Amsterdam (+5 –4 =9);
• In 1956, at second board in 12th Olympiad in Moscow (+7 –2 =10);
• In 1958, at second board in 13th Olympiad in Munich (+4 –5 =10);
• In 1966, at first reserve board in 17th Olympiad in Havana (+7 –3 =5).

Awarded the IM title in 1951.