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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.

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C29 Vienna Gambit (4 games)
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (4 games)
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (3 games)
A15 English (3 games)
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RECENT GAMES:
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   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  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. O Castro vs Karpov 0-1301969Wch U20 fin-AC33 King's Gambit Accepted
2. Hort vs O Castro  ½-½501974Olympiad Qualifying Group 6D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
3. O Castro vs W Fairhurst  ½-½151974Olympiad Qualifying Group 6C25 Vienna
4. L A Sanchez vs O Castro  1-0421975Colombia ChampionshipB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
5. O Castro vs Gutierrez  1-0521975QuitoB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
6. O Castro vs J A Rubinetti  0-1401975Quito (Ecuador)C29 Vienna Gambit
7. O Castro vs H Olafsson  ½-½481976Haifa Olympiad (Men)A15 English
8. O Castro vs H Wirthensohn  0-1331976Haifa Olympiad (Men)A15 English
9. O Castro vs A Ornstein  1-0381976Haifa Olympiad (Men)B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
10. O Castro vs O Hjertenes  1-0281976Haifa Olympiad (Men)C00 French Defense
11. A Puhm vs O Castro  ½-½121976Haifa Olympiad (Men)C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
12. O Castro vs C Gamarra Caceres  0-1311976Haifa Olympiad (Men)B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
13. O Castro vs J Ostos  ½-½461976Haifa Olympiad (Men)C00 French Defense
14. A Lombard vs O Castro 0-1441976Biel InterzonalD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
15. O Castro vs Ulf Andersson 0-11131976Biel InterzonalB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
16. Sosonko vs O Castro  ½-½371976Biel InterzonalD98 Grunfeld, Russian
17. Robert E Byrne vs O Castro  1-0411976Biel InterzonalB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
18. O Castro vs V Liberzon  ½-½621976Biel InterzonalB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
19. Csom vs O Castro  1-0421976Biel InterzonalC44 King's Pawn Game
20. O Castro vs Geller 1-0331976Biel InterzonalB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
21. Smyslov vs O Castro 1-0311976Biel InterzonalA04 Reti Opening
22. O Castro vs Petrosian 1-0521976Biel InterzonalC00 French Defense
23. Larsen vs O Castro 1-0361976Biel InterzonalA16 English
24. O Castro vs A Matanovic  ½-½331976Biel InterzonalC29 Vienna Gambit
25. Smejkal vs O Castro  1-0411976Biel InterzonalA10 English
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Kibitzer's Corner
Sep-12-04
Premium Chessgames Member		  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
Premium Chessgames Member		  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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