Luis Roux Cabral

Luis Roux Cabral (? - ?) was an Uruguayan chess master.

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Chess career

He won twice Uruguayan Chess Championship in 1948 and 1971[1] and played for Uruguay in the Chess Olympiads of 1939, 1964 and 1966.[2]

"The Uruguayan Immortal"

Main article: Uruguayan Immortal

In the Uruguay Championship of 1943, Roux Cabral defeated Molinari with a brilliant sacrificial attack; the combination is known as "The Uruguayan Immortal".[3] Fred Reinfeld annotated the game on pages 11-12 of the Chess Correspondent, May-June 1944. His final remark was: "A game destined for immortality."[4]

References

  1. ^ "Campeonato de Uruguay de ajedrez". Ajedrezdeataque.com. http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/05%20Palmares/Campeonatos/Nacionales/America/Uruguay.htm. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
  2. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Luis Roux-Cabral". OlimpBase. http://www.olimpbase.org/players/x1fjjrbh.html. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "B Molinari vs Luis Roux Cabral (1943) The Uruguayan Immortal". ChessGames.com. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1278766. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
  4. ^ Winter, Edward. "Chess Notes by Edward Winter: 5529. Uruguayan brilliancy". ChessHistory.com. http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter45.html. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 

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