Ramón Lontoc Jr. (27 August 1917 – 1998[1]), was a Filipino chess player and eight-time Filipino Chess Championship winner (1931, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1958).
Ramón Lontoc
Country
Philippines
Born
(1917-08-27)27 August 1917
Died
1998
Biographyedit
From the 1930s to the 1970s Ramón Lontoc was one of the strongest Filipino chess players. At the age of five, he learned the rudiments of the game from his father and elder brothers who were themselves strong players. In 1925, at the age of eight, Ramón Lontoc won Filipino Junior Chess Championship. In 1932 he drew his consultation game with Alexander Alekhine in a simultaneous blindfold exhibition during the World Chess champion's visit to Manila.[2] Ramón Lontoc won the Filipino Chess Championship eight times, in 1931, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1956, and 1958.[3]
Ramón Lontoc played for the Philippines as the first reserve board at the 1974 Chess Olympiad in Nice, scoring four wins, one draw, and six losses.[4]
Referencesedit
^Ang, Bobby (April 8, 2002). "Chess Piece". BusinessWorld. Manila.
^"Alexander Alekhine vs J Mencarini / Ramon Lontoc (1933)". www.chessgames.com.
^Lontoc Jr., Ramon (1976). Fifty Golden Years of Philippine Chess History. Manila: PMI Colleges. p. 2.
ramón, lontoc, august, 1917, 1998, filipino, chess, player, eight, time, filipino, chess, championship, winner, 1931, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1958, countryphilippinesborn, 1917, august, 1917died1998biography, editfrom, 1930s, 1970s, strongest, fili. Ramon Lontoc Jr 27 August 1917 1998 1 was a Filipino chess player and eight time Filipino Chess Championship winner 1931 1935 1940 1941 1947 1949 1956 1958 Ramon LontocCountryPhilippinesBorn 1917 08 27 27 August 1917Died1998Biography editFrom the 1930s to the 1970s Ramon Lontoc was one of the strongest Filipino chess players At the age of five he learned the rudiments of the game from his father and elder brothers who were themselves strong players In 1925 at the age of eight Ramon Lontoc won Filipino Junior Chess Championship In 1932 he drew his consultation game with Alexander Alekhine in a simultaneous blindfold exhibition during the World Chess champion s visit to Manila 2 Ramon Lontoc won the Filipino Chess Championship eight times in 1931 1935 1940 1941 1947 1949 1956 and 1958 3 Ramon Lontoc played for the Philippines as the first reserve board at the 1974 Chess Olympiad in Nice scoring four wins one draw and six losses 4 References edit Ang Bobby April 8 2002 Chess Piece BusinessWorld Manila Alexander Alekhine vs J Mencarini Ramon Lontoc 1933 www chessgames com Lontoc Jr Ramon 1976 Fifty Golden Years of Philippine Chess History Manila PMI Colleges p 2 OlimpBase Men s Chess Olympiads Ramon Lontoc www olimpbase org External links editRamon Lontoc player profile and games at Chessgames com Ramon Lontoc chess games at 365chess com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Filipino chess figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ramon Lontoc amp oldid 1192453208, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
