Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná (18 November 1916 – 5 December 1985)[1] was a Colombian chess master from Tinjacá.
Cuéllar won the Colombian championship nine times: in 1941, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, and 1971. He played for Colombia in six Chess Olympiads: 1954, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1970, and 1972. He won individual silver medal at first board (+12 –2 =4) in the 16th Olympiad at Tel Aviv 1964.[2]
In 1961, Cuéllar won in Caracas (zonal). In 1962, he placed 22nd at the Stockholm Interzonal, defeating both Efim Geller and Viktor Korchnoi in individual games.[4] In 1966, he took 7th in Havana (Eleazar Jiménez won). In 1967, he tied for 19-20th in Sousse (interzonal; Bent Larsen won).[4] In 1969, he tied for 1st with Boris de Greiff in Bogotá. In 1970, he took 7th in Bogotá (Henrique Mecking won). In 1970, he took 14th in Caracas (Lubomir Kavalek won). In 1972, he won the Zonal tournament in Bogotá, and qualified for the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal, but finished there in last place (Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi won). In 1980, he tied for 4-5th in Bogotá (Joaquin Gutierrez won).
^Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 93, LCCN 78106371
External links
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April 24, 2023
miguel, cuéllar, gacharná, november, 1916, december, 1985, colombian, chess, master, from, tinjacá, cuéllar, colombian, championship, nine, times, 1941, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1971, played, colombia, chess, olympiads, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1964,. Miguel Cuellar Gacharna 18 November 1916 5 December 1985 1 was a Colombian chess master from Tinjaca Cuellar won the Colombian championship nine times in 1941 1946 1953 1955 1956 1957 1959 1961 and 1971 He played for Colombia in six Chess Olympiads 1954 1956 1958 1964 1970 and 1972 He won individual silver medal at first board 12 2 4 in the 16th Olympiad at Tel Aviv 1964 2 He won a bronze medal representing Colombia at the 1938 Bolivarian Games in Bogota 3 In 1952 he tied for 3rd 4th in Mar del Plata Julio Bolbochan and Hector Rossetto won In 1953 he took 5th in Mar del Plata Svetozar Gligoric won In 1957 he took 7th in Mar del Plata Paul Keres won In 1958 he tied for 2nd 3rd with William Lombardy behind Oscar Panno in Bogota In 1961 Cuellar won in Caracas zonal In 1962 he placed 22nd at the Stockholm Interzonal defeating both Efim Geller and Viktor Korchnoi in individual games 4 In 1966 he took 7th in Havana Eleazar Jimenez won In 1967 he tied for 19 20th in Sousse interzonal Bent Larsen won 4 In 1969 he tied for 1st with Boris de Greiff in Bogota In 1970 he took 7th in Bogota Henrique Mecking won In 1970 he took 14th in Caracas Lubomir Kavalek won In 1972 he won the Zonal tournament in Bogota and qualified for the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal but finished there in last place Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi won In 1980 he tied for 4 5th in Bogota Joaquin Gutierrez won He was awarded the International Master IM title in 1957 1 4 5 References Edit a b Gaige Jeremy 1987 Chess Personalia A Biobibliography McFarland p 80 ISBN 0 7864 2353 6 Cuellar Gacharna Miguel team chess record at olimpbase org Resultados generales de los Juegos Bolivarianos El Tiempo in Spanish 23 August 1938 pp 6 7 Retrieved 21 November 2020 a b c Keene Raymond 1977 Cuellar Miguel in Golombek Harry ed Golombek s Encyclopedia of Chess Crown Publishing p 82 ISBN 0 517 53146 1 Sunnucks Anne 1970 The Encyclopaedia of Chess St Martin s Press p 93 LCCN 78106371 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Miguel Cuellar news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message External links EditMiguel Cuellar Gacharna player profile and games at Chessgames com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miguel Cuellar amp oldid 1130809912, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
