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Luis Roux Cabral
L Roux Cabral 
 

Number of games in database: 72
Years covered: 1939 to 1966
Overall record: +20 -26 =26 (45.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (20) 
    D02 A46 A41 A45 A40
With the Black pieces:
 Orthodox Defense (7) 
    D63 D61 D60 D50
 Petrov (5) 
    C43 C42
 Four Knights (4) 
    C48 C47
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Montevideo (1941)
   Punta del Este 1951/52 (1951)
   Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-B (1939)
   Mar del Plata (1949)
   Havana Olympiad Final-C (1966)
   Tel Aviv Olympiad Final-D (1964)


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LUIS ROUX CABRAL
(born Nov-17-1913, died 1973, 59 years old) Uruguay

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Uruguayan champion in 1948 and 1970.

In the Uruguay Championship of 1943, Roux Cabral defeated Molinari with a brilliant sacrificial attack; the combination is known as "The Uruguayan Immortal".Fred Reinfeld annotated the game on pages 11–12 of the Chess Correspondent, May–June 1944. His final remark was: "A game destined for immortality."

Further Reading: Wikipedia article: Luis Roux Cabral

Last updated: 2023-05-20 23:06:28

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 72  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J R Hurtado vs L Roux Cabral  0-1461939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-2D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
2. L Roux Cabral vs Letelier 0-1221939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-2D85 Grunfeld
3. A Becker vs L Roux Cabral 1-0171939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-2C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
4. A Kiprov vs L Roux Cabral  1-0371939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-2D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
5. L Roux Cabral vs H Opsahl  ½-½411939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
6. L Boettner vs L Roux Cabral  0-1651939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BC78 Ruy Lopez
7. L Roux Cabral vs D Cruz Bulnes  1-0291939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD02 Queen's Pawn Game
8. S Rebnord vs L Roux Cabral  ½-½351939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
9. L Roux Cabral vs A Kiprov  ½-½361939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD02 Queen's Pawn Game
10. W Minnis vs L Roux Cabral  0-1261939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. L Roux Cabral vs R Castro de Mendoza  1-0661939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BA48 King's Indian
12. L Roux Cabral vs G Arnlaugsson  ½-½481939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD02 Queen's Pawn Game
13. L Roux Cabral vs Alekhine 0-1411939MontevideoA47 Queen's Indian
14. L Roux Cabral vs J C Balparda  ½-½311941MontevideoD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. L Roux Cabral vs Eliskases  ½-½411941MontevideoA47 Queen's Indian
16. H Rossetto vs L Roux Cabral  1-0431941MontevideoC58 Two Knights
17. L Roux Cabral vs A Olivera  0-1361941MontevideoA46 Queen's Pawn Game
18. J Canepa vs L Roux Cabral  1-0181941MontevideoC48 Four Knights
19. L Roux Cabral vs P Santos Isain  ½-½411941MontevideoA46 Queen's Pawn Game
20. S Ledesma Iglesias vs L Roux Cabral  0-1281941MontevideoA02 Bird's Opening
21. L Roux Cabral vs A Pons  1-0281941MontevideoD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
22. L Engels vs L Roux Cabral ½-½801941MontevideoC34 King's Gambit Accepted
23. L Roux Cabral vs A Liebstein 1-0311941MontevideoD02 Queen's Pawn Game
24. M Luckis vs L Roux Cabral 1-0381941MontevideoD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
25. B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral 0-1331943Uruguayan ChampionshipD48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-04-07  syracrophy: I can't believe that no one has posted on the page of the creator of the "Immortal Game of Uruguay"!

B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943

Feb-01-13  Cemoblanca: <syracrophy: I can't believe that no one has posted on the page of the creator of the "Immortal Game of Uruguay"!

B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943>

Very nice game indeed!!

33...Ng4+!! 34.hxg4 Qh6+ 35.Bh4 Qxh4#

Jul-03-15  Bruce Graham: Twenty-two years between winning national championships. Wondering if that is a record.
May-22-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  stoy: He was born in 1913, is he still alive and playing chess? This database has sixteen games of Cabral - two against world champions!
Aug-19-18  vonKrolock: According to Spanish naming customs, fully enforced (I believe) also in Uruguay, father's surname comes first, then probably we should refer, preferably, to Señor <Roux>.
Aug-19-18  vonKrolock: <Luisito Roux, así se le conocía en el ambiente ajedrecístico> Online post on his famous game vs Bruno Molinari - including photos, and the facsimile of an article appeared in a contemporary Argentinian magazine (analysis, crosstable of the tournament etc) http://ajedrezuruguay.blogspot.com/...

<fue campeón uruguayo en los años 1948 y 1970> Both times representing Club Atlético Peñarol

Mar-07-21  PJs Studio: The finish of Cabral’s “immortal game of Uruguay” was a shocking combination. Very difficult to see the forced mate in seven.

See Molinari v Cabral in his game list. Beautiful

Jun-01-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: https://players.chessbase.com/en/pl... gives 1973 as year of death.

Other online searches also show 1973 as year of death, although with a question mark. No source is given anywhere for that date.

I will edit the bio though. It seems better to go with those sources than to default into him being alive today.

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