Raúl Ceferino Cruz (28 January 1934 — 1985), was an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

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player, three-times

Argentine Chess Championship The first Argentine Chess Championship was held in 1921. The Champion's title was granted after victorious or drawn match between previous champion and challenger, a winner of ''Torneo Mayor'' (this or the next year). The matches were done away in ...

medalist (1961, 1962, 1964),

World Junior Chess Championship The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Rits ...

medalist (1951).

Biography

In the 1950s and 1960s, Raúl Ceferino Cruz was one of Argentina's leading young chess players. In 1951, in England he participated in 1st

and won bronze medal. From 1960 to 1965 Raúl Ceferino Cruz six times participated in the

finals and won three medals: silver (1964) and two bronze (1961, 1962). He was participant a number of major International Chess Tournaments in South America. Raúl Ceferino Cruz played for Argentina in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...

: * In 1964, at first reserve board in the

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(+2, =3, -4).

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chess games at 365chess.com 1934 births 1985 deaths Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Argentine chess players {{Argentina-chess-bio-stub