The chess games of Miguel Cuellar Gacharna

M Cuellar Gacharna

Miguel Cuellar Gacharna
Number of games in database: 157
Years covered: 1947 to 1978
Highest rating achieved in database: 2400
Overall record: +41 -78 =38 (38.2%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian (14)
    E62 E92 E66 E68 E64
Nimzo Indian (8)
    E41 E54 E38 E59 E53
Grunfeld (7)
    D75 D85 D91 D76 D77
English (5)
    A15 A10
English, 1 c4 c5 (5)
    A30 A37 A31
Reti System (4)
    A04 A05

With the Black pieces:

King's Indian (18)
    E60 E62 E70 E86 E92
Sicilian (18)
    B62 B24 B56 B69 B22
Ruy Lopez (12)
    C98 C86 C97 C71 C91
Ruy Lopez, Closed (10)
    C98 C86 C97 C91 C85
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (5)
    B62 B69 B67
Orthodox Defense (5)
    D58 D67 D53 D50

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MIGUEL CUELLAR GACHARNA
(born Nov-18-1916, died Dec-05-1985) Colombia

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Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná was awarded the IM title in 1957. He was Colombian champion nine times (1941, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1971).

He defeated a number of top players in Interzonals, his victims including Efim Geller and Viktor Korchnoi (Stockholm 1962), Samuel Reshevsky, Aleksandar Matanovic, and Lubomir Kavalek (Sousse Interzonal, (1967)).

References: Wikipedia article: Colombian Chess Championship , http://www.elabedul.net/Ajedrez/Doc... , http://www.ajedrezencolombia.com/ca... , Wikipedia article: Miguel Cuellar

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. M Cuellar Gacharna vs Ed Lasker	0-1	52	1947	US Open	C77 Ruy Lopez
2. H Rossetto vs M Cuellar Gacharna	0-1	28	1952	Mar del Plata	C30 King's Gambit Declined
3. E Eliskases vs M Cuellar Gacharna	1-0	42	1953	Mar del Plata	D04 Queen's Pawn Game
4. M Cuellar Gacharna vs P Trifunovic	1-0	36	1953	Mar del Plata	A43 Old Benoni
5. Najdorf vs M Cuellar Gacharna	½-½	38	1953	Mar del Plata	D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. M Cuellar Gacharna vs Gligoric	0-1	43	1953	Mar del Plata	E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
7. K S Ojanen vs M Cuellar Gacharna	1-0	66	1953	Mar del Plata	A07 King's Indian Attack
8. B Wexler vs M Cuellar Gacharna	0-1	38	1953	Mar del Plata	E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
9. M Cuellar Gacharna vs Julio Bolbochan	½-½	50	1953	Mar del Plata (Argentina)	D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
10. M Cuellar Gacharna vs Pilnik	1-0	41	1953	Mar del Plata	D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5
11. M Cuellar Gacharna vs D Parliaros	1-0	24	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
12. M Cuellar Gacharna vs O'Kelly	1-0	44	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	E41 Nimzo-Indian
13. Larsen vs M Cuellar Gacharna	1-0	83	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-B	A07 King's Indian Attack
14. M Cuellar Gacharna vs C H Alexander	1-0	45	1954	Amsterdam	A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6
15. M Cuellar Gacharna vs J Vesterinen	1-0	43	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
16. M Cuellar Gacharna vs Yanofsky	½-½	26	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
17. Unzicker vs M Cuellar Gacharna	1-0	44	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
18. M Cuellar Gacharna vs E Paoli	½-½	52	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-B	D85 Grunfeld
19. O'Kelly vs M Cuellar Gacharna	1-0	36	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
20. M Cuellar Gacharna vs A Neu	1-0	30	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
21. Morcken vs M Cuellar Gacharna	0-1	52	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	E60 King's Indian Defense
22. O Benkner vs M Cuellar Gacharna	0-1	48	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
23. A Neu vs M Cuellar Gacharna	0-1	21	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	E60 King's Indian Defense
24. M Cuellar Gacharna vs Blau	0-1	36	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	E41 Nimzo-Indian
25. M Cuellar Gacharna vs O Bernstein	½-½	93	1954	Amsterdam ol (Men)	E07 Catalan, Closed


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Nov-02-03		Resignation Trap: This Colombian player caused a minor sensation at the Stockholm Interzonal in 1962. He was in the lead after two rounds. This he accomplished by the simple task by defeating Geller and Korchnoi! Geller vs Cuellar-Gacharna, 1962 and Cuellar-Gacharna vs Korchnoi, 1962

Nov-03-03		Chessical: Cuellar also gave a nasty fright to a young Karpov in R.7 of the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal.

Nov-03-03		Resignation Trap: Reshevsky was also given a drubbing at the Sousse Interzonal in 1967. See: Cuellar-Gacharna vs Reshevsky, 1967 The finish of this game was really cute.

Nov-22-06		setebos: Dangerous dude, perhaps underestimated by his esteemed Soviet colleagues.

Nov-22-06		Albertan: One thing you can say about Miguel Cuellar Gacharna is that he was consistent. According to my Chessbase program, he scored at an elo of 2390 while playing the White pieces and an elo of 2392 when playing the Black pieces. He scored 9.5/14 at the 1972 Skopje Chess Olympiad, however he had an awful result at the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal (1.5 points in 17 rounds of play).

Nov-18-09		sneaky pete: Jan Hein Donner on Cuellar vs Donner, Skopje 1972. Position after 87 moves, black to play. click for larger view Wit heeft de pion niet genomen - begrijp jij het, begrijp ik het - en is met zijn koning gan zwerven, tot f2 toe. Hij zag echter dat de koning op de damevleugel - de doorbraakvleugel - nodig is en streeft nu naar veld a3. Het is vlak voor de vierde tijdcontrole, Hij wil natuurlijk met zijn loper naar b4 en dan met de koning naar a3. Met een onverschillig gezicht slinger ik de dame naar a5. Pats!, daar raakt hij de loper aan, die hij direct weer loslaat. Onmiddellijk kijk ik naar de hulpwedstrijdleider-zettenopschrijver, die naast het bord zit en in het vroeg-ochtendlijk uur de enige is die in de verre verten van de enorme speelzaal te bekennen is. Hij zit de krant te lezen. Ik heb niet eens geprotesteerd. Men staat machteloos tegenover het kwaad, als men van allen verlaten is. Ook krijgt mijn scherpe blik geen enkele respons van mijn tegenstander. Hij zit plotseling hijgend te snuiven, alsof hij zich gebrand heeft. Ik kijk naar zijn gluiperige handen. Zijn beringde en behaarde vingers, mollig en paars van het graaien in bloesjes en jongensbroekjes. Na 88.Lb4 Dxb5 had zwart beter, zo niet gewonnen gestaan. Maar als hij tot rust is gekomen doet hij 88.Kc3-b2.

Nov-18-12		brankat: Over the years he did surprise a few big guns :-)

Nov-18-12		BIDMONFA: Miguel Cuellar Gacharna CUELLAR, Miguel http://www.bidmonfa.com/cuellar_mig... _

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