Pedro Puig Pulido Explained

Pedro Puig Pulido
Country:	Spain
Birth Date:	20 December 1932

Pedro Puig Pulido (Catalan; Valencian: Pere Puig i Pulido; born 20 December 1932) is a Spanish chess player, Spanish Chess Championship silver medalist (1961), two-times Catalan Chess Championship winner (1961, 1968).

Biography

Pedro Puig Pulido was one of the strongest chess players in Spain in the 1960s. He won silver medal in Spanish Chess Championship (1961) and two times won Catalan Chess Championship (1961, 1968). Also Pedro Puig Pulido won two silver medals in Catalan Chess Championship (1964, 1972).^[1] With chess club CE Espanyol Barcelona he won silver (1968) and three bronze (1964, 1973, 1974) medals in Spanish Team Chess Championships.^[2] Pedro Puig Pulido was participant of many international chess tournaments in Spain.^[3]

Pedro Puig Pulido played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads:^[4]

• In 1960, at second reserve board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+4, =5, -2),
• In 1962, at third board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+3, =3, -5).

Pedro Puig Pulido played for Spain in the European Team Chess Championship:^[5]

• In 1961, at fifth board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship in Oberhausen (+2, =4, -4).

Pedro Puig Pulido played for Spain in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:^[6]

• In 1957, at eighth board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -1),
• In 1961, at reserve board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =0, -0),
• In 1965, at eighth board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -0).

Pedro Puig Pulido played for Spain in the World Student Team Chess Championships:^[7]

• In 1955, at third board in the 2nd World Student Team Chess Championship in Lyon (+6, =2, -3),
• In 1956, at third board in the 3rd World Student Team Chess Championship in Uppsala (+3, =0, -4).

Pedro Puig Pulido played for Spain in the Clare Benedict Chess Cups:^[8]

• In 1962, at fourth board in the 9th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Bern (+1, =3, -0) and won individual gold medal,
• In 1963, at reserve board in the 10th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Lucerne (+0, =0, -2).

External links

• • Pedro Puig Pulido chess games at 365chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Absolut. escacs.cat.
2. Web site: OlimpBase :: Spanish Team Chess Championship :: Pedro Puig Pulido. www.olimpbase.org.
3. Web site: Belgian Chess History » Puig Pulido, Pedro.
4. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Pedro Puig Pulido. www.olimpbase.org.
5. Web site: OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Pedro Puig Pulido. www.olimpbase.org.
6. Web site: OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship (preliminaries) :: Pedro Puig Pulido. www.olimpbase.org.
7. Web site: OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Pedro Puig Pulido. www.olimpbase.org.
8. Web site: OlimpBase :: Clare Benedict Chess Cup :: Pedro Puig Pulido. www.olimpbase.org.