Luiz Tavares Da Silva
Number of games in database: 73
Years covered: 1947 to 1965
Overall record: +25 -35 =13 (43.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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A07		King's Indian Attack (4 games)
B84		Sicilian, Scheveningen (3 games)
E68		King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 (3 games)
E04		Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (3 games)
A04		Reti Opening (3 games)
E70		King's Indian (3 games)
E62		King's Indian, Fianchetto (2 games)
B40		Sicilian (2 games)
B96		Sicilian, Najdorf (2 games)
E65		King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O (2 games)

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LUIZ TAVARES DA SILVA (born Apr-13-1916, died Jun-29-1994) Brazil [what is this?] Luiz Tavares da Silva was born on the 13th of April 1916 in Recife, Brazil. He was Brazilian champion in 1957. He was also President of the Brazilian Chess Federation (CBX) in 1968-1970 and 1986-1988. In addition to his chess career, he was also an eminent surgeon and cardiologist.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Tavares Da Silva vs E Eliskases   0-1 37 1947 Sao Paulo B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 2. L Tavares Da Silva vs H Laynes   1-0 29 1947 Recife A13 English 3. L Tavares Da Silva vs E Eliskases   ½-½ 37 1947 Recife E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 4. L Tavares Da Silva vs L Engels   0-1 44 1947 Recife A04 Reti Opening 5. R Camara vs L Tavares Da Silva   0-1 60 1947 Recife D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 6. L Tavares Da Silva vs L J Cordioli   1-0 39 1949 BRA-ch E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 7. J Moses vs L Tavares Da Silva   0-1 35 1949 BRA-ch E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 8. L Tavares Da Silva vs W Cruz   1-0 25 1949 BRA-ch E70 King's Indian 9. L Tavares Da Silva vs N Dantas   1-0 44 1949 BRA-ch A07 King's Indian Attack 10. L Tavares Da Silva vs F Vasconcellos   1-0 23 1949 BRA-ch E01 Catalan, Closed 11. L Tavares Da Silva vs J Gondim   1-0 54 1949 BRA-ch E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 12. M Madeira de Ley vs L Tavares Da Silva   0-1 48 1949 BRA-ch A48 King's Indian 13. E German vs L Tavares Da Silva   1-0 33 1952 BRA-ch B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 14. L Tavares Da Silva vs J C Monteiro   0-1 31 1952 BRA-ch C03 French, Tarrasch 15. L Tavares Da Silva vs O Paiva   0-1 26 1952 BRA-ch A06 Reti Opening 16. Arrigo Prosdocimi vs L Tavares Da Silva   1-0 62 1952 BRA-ch D87 Grunfeld, Exchange 17. Luciano Belem vs L Tavares Da Silva   1-0 23 1952 BRA-ch D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 18. L Tavares Da Silva vs M Madeira de Ley   1-0 25 1952 BRA-ch C57 Two Knights 19. L J Cordioli vs L Tavares Da Silva   1-0 21 1952 BRA-ch D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 20. E Santiago Oliveira vs L Tavares Da Silva   0-1 38 1952 BRA-ch E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 21. L Tavares Da Silva vs L Castro Souza   ½-½ 42 1952 BRA-ch A15 English 22. F Vasconcellos vs L Tavares Da Silva   1-0 33 1952 BRA-ch B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 23. L Tavares Da Silva vs E Lima   1-0 38 1952 BRA-ch E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 24. L Tavares Da Silva vs F De Carvalho   ½-½ 25 1952 BRA-ch B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 25. L Tavares Da Silva vs J Mangini   ½-½ 22 1956 BRA-ch23 E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73

May-14-05    Benzol: Anybody know if this is Luis Tavares Da Silva? May-14-05    chessgames.com: Who is "Luis Tavares Da Silva"? Google turns up precious little. Anyhow, if the date and location of the game is plausible, you're probably 90% certain. May-14-05    Benzol: <chessgames> The info I have has Luis Tavares Da Silva as Brazilian Champion in 1957. He apparently was born in Recife on the 13th of April 1916. This might be him but I'm not certain that it is. May-14-05    chessgames.com: We checked with Chessbase. They have it as "Tavares da Silva,Luiz." Good research work.

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