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Oscar Humberto Castro Rojas
O H Castro Rojas 
Courtesy of https://mosaico-ajedrezcistico.blogspot.com 

Number of games in database: 351
Years covered: 1969 to 2014
Last FIDE rating: 2370 (2357 rapid, 2396 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2430
Overall record: +116 -128 =106 (48.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (53) 
    B22 B25 B30 B31 B40
 French Defense (24) 
    C02 C00 C10
 King's Indian Attack (16) 
    A07
 Caro-Kann (12) 
    B12 B10 B18 B17 B11
 Queen's Pawn Game (10) 
    D00 A45 D02
 French (10) 
    C00 C10
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (25) 
    C77 C72 C69 C91 C95
 Grunfeld (17) 
    D91 D87 D92 D94 D83
 Uncommon Opening (16) 
    B00 A00
 Dutch Defense (16) 
    A90 A81 A92 A85 A95
 English (11) 
    A16 A15 A10
 Reti System (10) 
    A04 A06
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   O H Castro Rojas vs Petrosian, 1976 1-0
   O H Castro Rojas vs Geller, 1976 1-0
   O H Castro Rojas vs Ivkov, 1978 1-0
   O H Castro Rojas vs D H Campora, 1979 1-0
   M Melgosa vs O H Castro Rojas, 1999 0-1
   A Lombard vs O H Castro Rojas, 1976 0-1
   J Diaz vs O H Castro Rojas, 1976 1/2-1/2
   Ricardo Luis Borba Rapouso vs O H Castro Rojas, 2014 0-1
   O H Castro Rojas vs V Liberzon, 1976 1/2-1/2
   O H Castro Rojas vs G Rajna, 1977 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship qual-4 (1969)
   Hamburg Concordia (1977)
   Pan American Championship (1974)
   Linares (1979)
   Budapest Tungsram (1977)
   Sao Paulo (1978)
   Titovo Uzice (1981)
   Dortmund (1977)
   Lublin (1977)
   Copenhagen Open (1979)
   Biel Interzonal (1976)
   American Continental (2005)
   Cali Continental Open (2007)
   American Continental (2014)
   Novi Sad Olympiad (1990)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 American Continental
   O H Castro Rojas vs G Hernandez Guerrero (Oct-26-14) 0-1
   R Leitao vs O H Castro Rojas (Oct-25-14) 1-0
   O H Castro Rojas vs J F Cubas (Oct-24-14) 1-0
   O H Castro Rojas vs B Gonzalez (Oct-23-14) 1-0
   R Mesias Rojas vs O H Castro Rojas (Oct-22-14) 0-1

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OSCAR HUMBERTO CASTRO ROJAS
(born May-08-1953, died Apr-12-2015, 61 years old) Colombia

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Oscar Humberto Castro Rojas was awarded the IM title in 1975 and was Colombian champion in 1972 and 1973. He represented Colombia at both the Nice and Haifa Olympiads in 1974 and 1976 respectively. In 1976 he also played in the Biel interzonal and finished 18th out of twenty players but his result included victories over Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian and Efim Geller. Later in the same year he had an excellent 2nd at Maresme in Spain. Shared 2nd in Linares 1979. In his returns to Colombia he won more 3 Colombian championships 1992, 1994 and 1999.

He died in 2015 in Medellin of a heart attack when he was assaulted by robbers.

Wikipedia article: Oscar Castro (chess player)

Last updated: 2020-04-28 11:48:26

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 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 361  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. O H Castro Rojas vs J Kristiansen  1-0291969World Junior Championship qual-4D00 Queen's Pawn Game
2. J Green-Krotki vs O H Castro Rojas  0-1591969World Junior Championship qual-4D02 Queen's Pawn Game
3. O H Castro Rojas vs Adorjan  1-0261969World Junior Championship qual-4D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
4. C Sumiacher vs O H Castro Rojas  0-1371969World Junior Championship qual-4C77 Ruy Lopez
5. O H Castro Rojas vs R Weber  ½-½631969World Junior Championship qual-4B12 Caro-Kann Defense
6. A Urzica vs O H Castro Rojas  1-0241969World Junior Championship Final-AC45 Scotch Game
7. O H Castro Rojas vs Adorjan  0-1401969World Junior Championship Final-AB30 Sicilian
8. J Kaplan vs O H Castro Rojas  1-0171969World Junior Championship Final-AC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
9. O H Castro Rojas vs Karpov 0-1301969World Junior Championship Final-AC33 King's Gambit Accepted
10. L Neckar vs O H Castro Rojas  0-1291969World Junior Championship Final-AB03 Alekhine's Defense
11. O H Castro Rojas vs B Vujacic  ½-½651969World Junior Championship Final-AB50 Sicilian
12. Andersson vs O H Castro Rojas  1-0221969World Junior Championship Final-AC47 Four Knights
13. J Diaz vs O H Castro Rojas  1-0231969World Junior Championship Final-AB02 Alekhine's Defense
14. O H Castro Rojas vs R M McKay  0-1391969World Junior Championship Final-AE81 King's Indian, Samisch
15. J Juhnke vs O H Castro Rojas  1-0431969World Junior Championship Final-AB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
16. O H Castro Rojas vs L Vogt  0-1281969World Junior Championship Final-AE81 King's Indian, Samisch
17. Mecking vs O H Castro Rojas  1-0341970El Tiempo-EcopetrolD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. B De Greiff vs O H Castro Rojas  ½-½281970El Tiempo-EcopetrolA16 English
19. O H Castro Rojas vs C Cuartas  0-1641970El Tiempo-EcopetrolB40 Sicilian
20. O H Castro Rojas vs J Minaya  1-0431970El Tiempo-EcopetrolB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
21. O H Castro Rojas vs M Cuellar Gacharna  1-0261970El Tiempo-EcopetrolB56 Sicilian
22. J Gutierrez vs O H Castro Rojas  ½-½411970El Tiempo-EcopetrolC77 Ruy Lopez
23. T Yepez vs O H Castro Rojas  1-0321970El Tiempo-EcopetrolD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
24. O H Castro Rojas vs D Alzate  0-1351970El Tiempo-EcopetrolB27 Sicilian
25. L Sanchez vs O H Castro Rojas  1-0421970El Tiempo-EcopetrolD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-12-04  Benzol: And I thought his name was just Oscar Castro.
Jul-20-05  Caissanist: Actually his name is rather short for a Latino. Every Spaniard or Latin American has at least two last names, and some have three or even four.
Aug-20-05  morphynoman2: SOrry, but in Colombia nobody call him Castro-Rojas. He is, as Benzol say, just Oscar Castro.
Mar-30-06  Caissanist: A thorough explanation of the Latino double last name thing was recently posted on the Francisco Vallejo-Pons page.
May-08-10  wordfunph: he may be a GM-strength with victories against Larsen, Petrosian, Geller..

any news on Oscar Castro?

May-08-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Shared 2nd in Linares 1979. Colombian champion 1972, 1973 (1974?), 1992, 1994 and 1999.

Olympiads: http://www.bartelski.pl/olimpbase/p...

Apr-12-15  SickedChess: this strong MI died of a heart attack when he was assaulted by robbers http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/... (spanish)
Apr-12-15  SickedChess: RIP MI Oscar Castro
Apr-13-15  ChessVip: sad news, he was very active and his last international tournament was IX American Continental Classical Championship 2014 http://chess-results.com/tnr147485.... RIP IM Castro
Jul-27-18  BIDMONFA: Oscar Humberto Castro Rojas

CASTRO, Oscar H.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/castro_osca...
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