Rodrigo Flores-Alvarez
Number of games in database: 84
Years covered: 1927 to 1965
Overall record: +25 -27 =32 (48.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (7)      B93 B58 B43 B92 B89  Ruy Lopez (5)      C78 C94 C84 C81 C75  Queen's Gambit Declined (4)      D37 D06 D35	With the Black pieces:  Grunfeld (12)      D88 D85 D72 D81 D75  French Defense (8)      C02 C05 C17 C00 C07  King's Indian (7)      E73 E69 E64 E97 E81

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Fischer vs R Flores-Alvarez, 1959 1/2-1/2

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Santiago 1959 by suenteus po 147

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RODRIGO FLORES-ALVAREZ (born Aug-23-1913, died Jan-17-2007) Chile [what is this?] Rodrigo Flores Alvarez was born in Santiago, Chile. He was Chilean champion eleven times: 1931, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1961 and 1965. He was South American champion at Sao Paulo 1937 [brasilbase-1]. In 1947, he won the Marshall Chess Club Championship. Wikipedia article: Rodrigo Flores

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 84  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alekhine vs R Flores-Alvarez   1-0 33 1927 Santiago D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. Alekhine vs R Flores-Alvarez   1-0 61 1927 Santiago C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 3. R Flores-Alvarez vs A Conejeros   1-0 21 1930 Chilean Championship C56 Two Knights 4. J Traian Iliesco vs R Flores-Alvarez 0-1 43 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 5. R Flores-Alvarez vs M Castillo   ½-½ 30 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 C48 Four Knights 6. R Flores-Alvarez vs V Fenoglio   ½-½ 42 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 7. R Flores-Alvarez vs I Pleci   0-1 37 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 8. R Flores-Alvarez vs C Hounie Fleurquin   1-0 55 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. R Charlier vs R Flores-Alvarez   ½-½ 30 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A91 Dutch Defense 10. L Piazzini vs R Flores-Alvarez   1-0 25 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. J C Balparda vs R Flores-Alvarez 0-1 31 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A48 King's Indian 12. A Pons vs R Flores-Alvarez 0-1 34 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 C00 French Defense 13. Jacobo Bolbochan vs R Flores-Alvarez   ½-½ 41 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. R Flores-Alvarez vs B H Villegas   0-1 50 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 15. R Flores-Alvarez vs Letelier 0-1 31 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. R Flores-Alvarez vs A Schwartzman   ½-½ 33 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 17. J Vinuesa vs R Flores-Alvarez   1-0 35 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 E00 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Guimard vs R Flores-Alvarez 0-1 23 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line 19. Alekhine vs R Flores-Alvarez   1-0 41 1938 Carrasco (05) D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 20. Trompowsky vs R Flores-Alvarez   1-0 31 1938 Carrasco E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 21. J Canepa vs R Flores-Alvarez   0-1 39 1938 Carrasco C02 French, Advance 22. R Flores-Alvarez vs E Rotunno 1-0 31 1938 Carrasco D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. R Flores-Alvarez vs L A Gulla   1-0 42 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. R Flores-Alvarez vs Najdorf   0-1 26 1939 Buenos Aires ol f-A ;HCL 37 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 25. P Michel vs R Flores-Alvarez ½-½ 44 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B C17 French, Winawer, Advance  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 84

Dec-29-04    Benzol: Rodrigo Flores Alvarez Born 23rd August 1913 in Santiago Chilean champion in 1931, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1961 and 1965. Feb-02-07    juccal: Legendary player Rodrigo Flores passed away last january 17 at 93, brilliant engineer was member of the Chilean science academy and many years teacher at Universidad de Chile. Eleven times Chilean champion the most succesfull champ ever, played with most world Champions from Capablanca to Fischer. A very consistent player belongs to the brilliant generation of players that also included Mariano Castillo, Rene Letelier and Enrique Reed among others. Rest in peace master, i bet you are playing with Rene and Mariano in eternity. Aug-23-08    brankat: R.I.P. Senor Alvarez. May-17-09    Karpova: Edward Winter's feature article "The Chess Prodigy Rodrigo Flores" from 2003: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Aug-23-12    brankat: A multi-talented man and a fine character, Dr.Flores-Alvarez.

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