João Mário Ribeiro Explained
João Mário Ribeiro |
Country: | Portugal |
Birth Date: | 10 June 1929 |
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Fideid: | 1900129 |
João Mário Ribeiro (10 June 1929 – 21 September 2021) was a Portuguese chess player, three-time Portuguese Chess Championships winner (1954, 1963, 1971).
Biography
From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s João Mário Ribeiro was one of Portugal's leading chess players. He three times won Portuguese Chess Championships: 1954, 1963, and 1971. In 1954, in Munich João Mário Ribeiro participated in World Chess Championship Zonal tournament.[1]
João Mário Ribeiro played for Portugal in the Chess Olympiads:[2]
- In 1958, at third board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+5, =7, -4),
- In 1960, at second board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+7, =5, -5),
- In 1964, at first board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+4, =5, -4),
- In 1966, at fourth board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+3, =8, -4),
- In 1970, at fourth board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+4, =6, -5),
- In 1972, at first board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+3, =11, -6),
- In 1974, at fourth board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+1, =4, -4).
Ribeiro died on 21 September 2021, at the age of 92.[3]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: OlimpBase :: Zonal 1 :: Munich 1954. www.olimpbase.org.
- Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: João Mário Ribeiro. www.olimpbase.org.
- News: Faleceu o histórico mestre João Mário Ribeiro . 5 January 2024 . FPX . 23 September 2021.