Antonio Rico González (26 February 1908 – 16 December 1988) was a Spanish

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master. He was eight times Asturian Champion (1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, and 1956). In 1934, he tied for 5-6th in Madrid (''Torneo Gromer''). After the

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, he won at Madrid 1942 (ESP-ch, semifinal); took 4th at Gijón 1944 (1st it,

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine. He disliked when Russians sometimes pronounced the of as , , which he regarded as a Yiddish distortion of his name, and insisted that the correct Russian pronunciation was . (March 24, 1946) was a Russian ...

won); won in semifinal and tied for 3rd-4th in final of Spanish championship at Bilbao 1945 ( Antonio Medina won). Rico won, ahead of Medina and Alekhine, at Gijón 1945 (2nd it); took 4th at Gijón 1946 (3rd it,

Francisco José Pérez Francisco José Pérez Pérez (8 September 1920 – 11 September 1999) was a Spanish/Cuban chess player. Born in Vigo, Spain, he won the Spanish Chess Championship in 1948, 1954, and 1960. He played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads of 1958 and 19 ...

won); took 9th at Gijón 1947 (4th it, Perez and Prins won); took 2nd, behind Perez, at Aviles 1947; and won, followed by Baruch Harold Wood, Perez, etc. at Gijón 1948 (5th it).Torneo Cerrado Internacional

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