Eugênio Maciel German (24 October 1930 – 1 April 2001) was a Brazilian
International chess master.
German was born in
Ubá, Brazil. In 1949, Eugênio German won a match against Jayme Schreibman Moses in Belo Horizonte (+2 –1 =1). In 1949, he tied for 3rd-4th in
Rio de Janeiro
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(17th BRA-ch;
Walter Cruz won). In 1950, he tied for 5-6th in Rio de Janeiro (18th BRA-ch; Jose Thiago Mangini won). In 1951, he won the
Brazilian Chess Championship in
Fortaleza
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(19th BRA-ch). In 1951/52, he took 4th in San Rafael (
Erich Eliskases won). In 1952, he tied for 7-8th in
Mar del Plata
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(
Julio Bolbochán and
Héctor Rossetto won). In 1952, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Flavio de Carvalho Jr, in
São Paulo
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(20th BRA-ch).
In 1960, he won in Belo Horizonte (pre-zonal). In 1960, he tied for 3rd-5th in São Paulo (zonal; Julio Bolbochán won). In 1961, he won, ahead of
Rodrigo Flores and
Bernardo Wexler, in São Paulo (zonal playoff). In 1962, he tied for 19-20th in the
Stockholm Interzonal. In 1963, he won in Belo Horizonte. In 1965, he won in Belo Horizonte. In 1972, he won in
Blumenau
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The city was founded by the German chemist and pharmacist H ...
(39th BRA-ch).
Eugenio German played for Brazil in three
Chess Olympiad
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s.
* In 1952, at first board in the
10th Chess Olympiad in
Helsinki
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(+6 –2 =3);
* In 1968, at second board in the
18th Chess Olympiad in
Lugano
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(+5 –7 =3);
* In 1972, at first board in the
20th Chess Olympiad in
Skopje
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(+8 –4 =8).
German, Eugênio
team chess record at olimpbase.org
Awarded the International Master
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title in 1952,FIDE
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.
References
External links
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1930 births
2001 deaths
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
People from Ubá
20th-century Brazilian chess players