Oscar Quiñones
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Oscar Carillo Quiñones (born 14 January 1941, Lima) a Peruvian chess master.
He took 9th at Lima 1959 (Borislav Ivkov and Luděk Pachman won),[1] took 15th at Mar del Plata 1961 (Miguel Najdorf won), tied for 3rd-5th at Fortaleza 1963 (zonal, Hector Rossetto won) and won at Rio de Janeiro 1964 (zonal playoff), took 20th at Amsterdam 1964 (interzonal).[2]
He took 5th at Santiago de Chile 1965 (Vassily Smyslov won), tied for 11-13th at Rio Hondo 1966 (zonal), tied for 11-12th at São Paulo 1972 (zonal, Henrique Mecking won), took 11th at Camaguey 1974 (11th Capablanca Memorial, B tournament, Raymond Keene won), tied for 5-7th at Cienfuegos 1976 (13th Capablanca Memorial, C tournament).[3]
Quinones played for Peru in Chess Olympiads:
- In 1964, at first board in 16th Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+5 –7 =7);
- In 1970, at third board in 19th Olympiad in Siegen (+7 –5 =4);
- In 1972, at second board in 20th Olympiad in Skopje (+6 –5 =6).[4]
Awarded the IM title in 1964.
