Valentín Fernández Coria Explained

Valentín Fernández Coria
Country:	Argentina
Birth Date:	July 1885
Death Place:	Buenos Aires

Valentín Fernández Coria (July, 1885 – January 17, 1955^{[1] [2]}) was an Argentine chess player.

He was one of the strongest chess players of Argentina in the 1920s. He was repeated participant in Argentine Chess Championship in which he shared 2nd - 4th place in 1923/1924.^[3] In 1921/1922 in Montevideo Fernández Coria shared 2nd - 5th place in South American Chess Championship.^[4]

Fernández Coria played for Argentina in the unofficial Chess Olympiad:^[5]

• In 1924, at fourth board in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris (+2, =6, -5).

Fernández Coria played for Argentina in the Chess Olympiad:^[6]

• In 1928, at first board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad in The Hague (+1, =3, -4).

External links

• • Valentin Fernández Coria chess games at 365chess.com
• Valentin Fernández Coria (other page) chess games at 365chess.com

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/BNA_S001181802_19550117N14468/page/n4/mode/1up?q=ajedrez Diario Crítica
2. Gaige, Jeremy, Chess Personalia, page 116.
3. Web site: Campeonatos Argentinos tablas.
4. Web site: Montevideo 1921 - 1° Torneio Sulamericano. www.brasilbase.pro.br.
5. Web site: OlimpBase :: unofficial Chess Olympiads :: Valentin Fernández Coria. www.olimpbase.org.
6. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Valentin Fernández Coria. www.olimpbase.org.