Daniel Cámpora

Daniel Cámpora

Daniel Cámpora, Villarrobledo 2008
Full name Daniel Hugo Cámpora
Country  Argentina
Born (1957-06-30) 30 June 1957
San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
Title Grandmaster (1986)
Peak rating 2565 (July 1992)

Daniel Hugo Cámpora (born 30 June 1957 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos) is an Argentine chess grandmaster and a twice Argentine champion, in 1986 and 1989. He finished runner-up in 1978 and 1987.

In 1975 he became Argentine junior champion. In tournaments, Cámpora took second place at Bogotá 1980 (Jose Antonio Gutierrez won), tied for 4–6th at the Kostić Memorial in Vršac 1981 (Gyula Sax won). In 1983, he finished second in Andorra and won in Tuzla. He won the Master Open Tournament in Biel in 1986. The following year, he placed third in the Biel Grandmaster Tournament (Boris Gulko won). Cámpora competed in two FIDE World Championships: in 2001 he eliminated in the first round Nigel Short, then lost to Jaan Ehlvest in the second; in 2004 he was knocked out in round 1 by Russian grandmaster Valerij Filippov.

Cámpora played for Argentina in nine Chess Olympiads:[1]

He won the individual gold medal at first board and silver medal for the best rating performance at Moscow 1994.

Cámpora was awarded the titles of International Master (IM) in 1982, and Grandmaster (GM) in 1986.

References

  1. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Daniel Hugo Cámpora". OlimpBase. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
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