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Damián Miguel Reca (1894 – 4 May 1937 in OlimpBase :: 2nd Chess Olympiad, The Hague 1928, Argentina
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Damián Miguel Reca (1894 – 4 May 1937 in Buenos Aires
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) was an Argentine
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chess
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master.
He was Argentine Champion in 1921, 1923, 1924, and 1925.
In 1921, he won at Buenos Aires (1st ARG-ch) and won a match for the title against Benito Villegas (5 : 2) in 1921/22. He took 7th at Montevideo
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(Carrasco) 1921/22 (1st ''Torneo Sudamericano'', Roberto Grau
Roberto Gabriel Grau (18 March 1900 – 12 April 1944) was an Argentine chess master. He was born and died in Buenos Aires. In the late 1920s he was Argentina's strongest chess-player.
Chess career
Grau played in many Argentine championship ...
won). He tied for 2nd-3rd at Buenos Aires 1922 (2nd ARG-ch, Villegas won). In 1923/24, he won at Buenos Aires (3rd ARG-ch) and won a match for the title against Villegas (5 : 3). In 1924 and 1925, he was declared Argentine champion without official matches (Reca lost a match against Richard Réti
Richard Réti (28 May 1889 – 6 June 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian and later Czechoslovak chess player, chess author and composer of endgame studies.
He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess. With the exception of N ...
0.5 : 2.5 at Buenos Aires 1924, and won an unofficial match against Julio Lynch 5.5 : 2.5 in 1925).
He tied for 8-13th in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad
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s at Paris 1924 (Consolation Cup, Karel Hromadka won). He tied for 2nd-3rd at Montevideo 1925 (2nd ''Torneo Sudamericano'', Luis Palau won). In 1926, he lost a match for the title (6th ARG-ch) to Grau (3 : 5). He won at Buenos Aires 1927 (7th ARG-ch) but did not win the title because he refused to play with Grau. He also won at Buenos Aires 1927 (Pentagonal).
Reca represented Argentina in 2nd Chess Olympiad
The 2nd Chess Olympiad (), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 21 and August 6, 192 ...
at The Hague 1928 (+4 –5 =4)./ref>
References
Further reading
* ''British Chess Magazine
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The founder and ...
'', 1937, p. 465
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reca, Damian 1894 births 1937 deaths Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Argentine chess players