| Salvador Díaz | |
| Country: | Venezuela |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1933 |
| FIDE Master (2021) | |
| Peakrating: | 2121 (July 2012) |
| Fideid: | 3901378 |
Salvador Díaz Carias (born 23 June 1933) is a Venezuelan chess FIDE Master (FM) (2021) and two-time Venezuelan Chess Championship winner (1960, 1978).
Salvador Díaz developed into one of Venezuela's leading chess players between 1953 and 1960. Beginning in 1961, he reduced his chess activities and worked initially as a mathematics teacher, and from 1965 on as a programmer at IBM.
At the Venezuelan Chess Championship in 1958, Díaz came in shared first place but lost the playoff 2.5 : 3.5 against Antonio Medina García. In 1960, he won the title in Maracaibo with 10.5 points from 11 games and defended it in 1961 in a match against Celso Sánchez Pouso. Díaz was able to win the national championship again in 1978.
Díaz took part in several World Chess Championship Zonal Tournaments:
Díaz played for Venezuela in the Chess Olympiads:[4]
In 2021, at the age of 88, Díaz was awarded the title of FIDE Master based on his performance in tournaments in the 1960s.[5]