The chess games of Oscar Humberto Castro Rojas

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Oscar Humberto Castro Rojas

Number of games in database: 118
Years covered: 1969 to 2014
Last FIDE rating: 2370 (2357 rapid, 2396 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2382

Overall record: +40 -51 =27 (45.3%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (15)
    B22 B93 B20 B31 B40
French Defense (9)
    C00 C02
King's Indian Attack (7)
    A07
Queen's Pawn Game (6)
    A45 D02 D00
Vienna Opening (6)
    C29 C25 C28
French (5)
    C00

With the Black pieces:

Ruy Lopez (7)
    C72 C68 C87 C77 C91
Dutch Defense (7)
    A90 A85 A84 A81
English (5)
    A16 A10 A15
Uncommon Opening (5)
    B00
English, 1 c4 e5 (4)
    A22 A25 A27 A26
Grunfeld (4)
    D87 D98 D92

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   O Castro vs Geller, 1976 1-0
   O Castro vs Petrosian, 1976 1-0
   M Melgosa vs O Castro, 1999 0-1
   A Lombard vs O Castro, 1976 0-1
   J Diaz Diaz vs O Castro, 1976 1/2-1/2
   O Castro vs D H Campora, 1979 1-0
   O Castro vs Ivkov, 1978 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Biel Interzonal (1976)
   Haifa Olympiad (Men) (1976)
   American Continental Championship (2005)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 American Continental
   O Castro vs G Hernandez Guerrero (Oct-26-14) 0-1
   Leitao vs O Castro (Oct-25-14) 1-0
   O Castro vs J F Cubas (Oct-24-14) 1-0
   O Castro vs B Gonzalez (Oct-23-14) 1-0
   O Castro vs F Perez Ponsa (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.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. O Castro vs Karpov	0-1	30	1969	Wch U20 fin-A	C33 King's Gambit Accepted
2. Hort vs O Castro	½-½	50	1974	Olympiad Qualifying Group 6	D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
3. O Castro vs W Fairhurst	½-½	15	1974	Olympiad Qualifying Group 6	C25 Vienna
4. L A Sanchez vs O Castro	1-0	42	1975	Colombia Championship	B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
5. O Castro vs Gutierrez	1-0	52	1975	Quito	B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
6. O Castro vs J A Rubinetti	0-1	40	1975	Quito (Ecuador)	C29 Vienna Gambit
7. O Castro vs H Olafsson	½-½	48	1976	Haifa Olympiad (Men)	A15 English
8. O Castro vs H Wirthensohn	0-1	33	1976	Haifa Olympiad (Men)	A15 English
9. O Castro vs A Ornstein	1-0	38	1976	Haifa Olympiad (Men)	B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
10. O Castro vs O Hjertenes	1-0	28	1976	Haifa Olympiad (Men)	C00 French Defense
11. A Puhm vs O Castro	½-½	12	1976	Haifa Olympiad (Men)	C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
12. O Castro vs C Gamarra Caceres	0-1	31	1976	Haifa Olympiad (Men)	B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
13. O Castro vs J Ostos	½-½	46	1976	Haifa Olympiad (Men)	C00 French Defense
14. A Lombard vs O Castro	0-1	44	1976	Biel Interzonal	D87 Grunfeld, Exchange
15. O Castro vs Ulf Andersson	0-1	113	1976	Biel Interzonal	B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
16. Sosonko vs O Castro	½-½	37	1976	Biel Interzonal	D98 Grunfeld, Russian
17. Robert E Byrne vs O Castro	1-0	41	1976	Biel Interzonal	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
18. O Castro vs V Liberzon	½-½	62	1976	Biel Interzonal	B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
19. Csom vs O Castro	1-0	42	1976	Biel Interzonal	C44 King's Pawn Game
20. O Castro vs Geller	1-0	33	1976	Biel Interzonal	B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
21. Smyslov vs O Castro	1-0	31	1976	Biel Interzonal	A04 Reti Opening
22. O Castro vs Petrosian	1-0	52	1976	Biel Interzonal	C00 French Defense
23. Larsen vs O Castro	1-0	36	1976	Biel Interzonal	A16 English
24. O Castro vs A Matanovic	½-½	33	1976	Biel Interzonal	C29 Vienna Gambit
25. Smejkal vs O Castro	1-0	41	1976	Biel Interzonal	A10 English


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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		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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