Alfredo F. Olivera (9 March 1908 – unknown) was a

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player, five-time Uruguayan Chess Championship winner (1937, 1944, 1947, 1957, 1963).

Biography

From the late 1930s to the mid-1960s, Alfredo Olivera was one of Uruguayan leading chess players. He was multiple participant in the Uruguayan Chess Championships, where he won champion title in 1937, 1944, 1947, 1957, and 1963. Also Alfredo Olivera was participant of a number of major international tournaments:

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1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

, 1939, 1941, 1953, 1956, 1959),

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(1948, 1956, 1958),

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(1945), Atlántida (1960). Alfredo Olivera played for Uruguay in the

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s: * In 1939, at reserve board in the 8th Chess Olympiad in

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(+10, =0, -5), * In 1966, at third board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in

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spoke about Olivera as «cosy fatboy, who for many years won the Uruguayan Championship whenever he participated».

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Alfredo Olivera
chess games at 365chess.com 1908 births Year of death missing Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Uruguayan chess players {{Uruguay-chess-bio-stub