Zeno Proca (1906 – 15 February 1936) was a

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player, two-times Romanian Chess Championship medalist (1926, 1927), unofficial Chess Olympiad team bronze medal winner (

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Biography

Zeno Proca was one of the strongest chess players of Romania in the end of 1920s. He was repeated participant in first third Romanian Chess Championships (1926, 1927, 1929) and won silver (1926) and bronze (1927) medals. Zeno Proca played for Romania in the unofficial Chess Olympiad: * In 1926, at fourth board in the

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(+1, =2, -0) and won team bronze medal. Zeno Proca played for Romania in the

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: * In 1928, at second board in the

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Zeno Proca
chess games at 365chess.com 1906 births 1936 deaths Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Romanian chess players 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-chess-bio-stub Romanian chess players