Francisco José Pérez

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Francisco José Pérez Pérez (8 September 1920 – 11 September 1999) was a Spanish/Cuban chess player. Born in Vigo, Spain, he won the Spanish Chess Championship in 1948, 1954, and 1960.[1] He played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads of 1958 and 1960 and in the 1961 European Team Championship.[2][3] He shared first place at Madrid 1959.[4] FIDE awarded him the International Master (IM) title in 1959.[1] After emigrating to Cuba he played second board on the Cuban team in the 1964 Olympiad.[2][3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. 157, ISBN 0-85112-455-0 
  2. ^ a b Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 352, LCCN 78-106371 
  3. ^ a b Pérez Pérez, Francisco José team chess record at olimpbase.org
  4. ^ Keene, Raymond (1977), “Francisco José Perez”, in Golombek, Harry, Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 235, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 

[edit] Further reading

  • Morán, Pablo (1974), Campeones y Compeonatos de España de Ajedrez, pp. 40–44 

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