Antonio Angel Medina-Garcia
Number of games in database: 198
Years covered: 1932 to 1996
Highest rating achieved in database: 2380
Overall record: +39 -98 =61 (35.1%)*
   * 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 (50)      B25 B24 B23 B91 B43  Ruy Lopez (15)      C71 C94 C90 C78 C88  French Defense (10)      C11 C07 C18 C12 C03  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C94 C90 C88 C97 C93  Sicilian Najdorf (8)      B91 B93 B90  Robatsch (5)      B06	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (20)      C69 C76 C72 C93 C83  Orthodox Defense (13)      D54 D58 D50 D56 D55  Queen's Gambit Declined (9)      D35 D37 D38  English (6)      A14 A15 A17 A13  Giuoco Piano (6)      C50  Nimzo Indian (5)      E51 E33 E52

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Samisch vs A Medina-Garcia, 1943 0-1
   A Medina-Garcia vs O Damary, 1996 1-0
   A Medina-Garcia vs Alekhine, 1945 1-0
   Joop Piket vs A Medina-Garcia, 1970 0-1

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ANTONIO ANGEL MEDINA-GARCIA (born Oct-02-1919, died Oct-31-2003) Spain [what is this?] Antonio Angel Jose Medina Garcia was born on the 2nd of October 1919 in Barcelona, Spain. Awarded the IM title in 1950 he was Spanish Champion in 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1963 and 1964.

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 198  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Medina-Garcia vs Kashdan   0-1 101 1932 Mexico City D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. A Medina-Garcia vs Alekhine   0-1 65 1932 Mexico City (09) E00 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Samisch vs A Medina-Garcia 0-1 19 1943 Madrid D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit 4. A Medina-Garcia vs Keres   ½-½ 41 1943 Madrid (04.10.43) C56 Two Knights 5. Ingelmo vs A Medina-Garcia   ½-½ 56 1943 Madrid (Spain) C50 Giuoco Piano 6. F J Perez vs A Medina-Garcia   1-0 26 1943 Madrid (Spain) C29 Vienna Gambit 7. M De Agustin vs A Medina-Garcia   1-0 22 1943 Madrid (Spain) C56 Two Knights 8. A Medina-Garcia vs J Salas Romo   1-0 37 1944 Gijon it C66 Ruy Lopez 9. A Pomar-Salamanca vs A Medina-Garcia 0-1 51 1944 Gijon it C47 Four Knights 10. A Rico vs A Medina-Garcia 0-1 57 1944 Gijon it C50 Giuoco Piano 11. A Medina-Garcia vs A Bonet   1-0 43 1944 Gijon it C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 12. A Medina-Garcia vs Alekhine 0-1 40 1944 Gijon it C53 Giuoco Piano 13. M Mampel vs A Medina-Garcia 0-1 40 1944 Gijon it C56 Two Knights 14. L Gallegos vs A Medina-Garcia   0-1 55 1944 Gijon it C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 15. A Medina-Garcia vs V Gonzalez   ½-½ 51 1944 Gijon it C88 Ruy Lopez 16. A Medina-Garcia vs Alekhine   ½-½ 32 1945 Sabadell C78 Ruy Lopez 17. A Medina-Garcia vs Alekhine 1-0 84 1945 Gijon (09) B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 18. Euwe vs A Medina-Garcia   1-0 44 1946 London D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. F Lupi vs A Medina-Garcia   0-1 43 1946 London (England) C50 Giuoco Piano 20. Najdorf vs A Medina-Garcia 1-0 41 1946 Barcelona D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. A Medina-Garcia vs M Llorens   1-0 25 1946 Barcelona C11 French 22. Yanofsky vs A Medina-Garcia 1-0 26 1946 Barcelona C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 23. Tartakower vs A Medina-Garcia   1-0 25 1947 Venice E17 Queen's Indian 24. Najdorf vs A Medina-Garcia   1-0 38 1948 Mar del Plata D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Najdorf vs A Medina-Garcia 1-0 30 1948 Buenos Aires D37 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 198

Nov-03-03    AdrianP: Antonio Medina-Garcia died very recently. He had played all the greats including every world champion between Alekhine and Fischer (inclusive). He apparently had wins over Alekhine, Euwe and Fischer. Here's the Alekhine one... Medina-Garcia vs Alekhine, 1945 Nov-03-03    drukenknight: I dont think he had a win over Fischer, going from memory. Oct-02-05    ThunderStorm: Happy Birthday Mr. Medina-Garcia! Jan-23-06    BIDMONFA: Antonio Angel Medina-Garcia MEDINA, Antonio Died 31 October 2003 http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_... _ Jan-23-07    Caissanist: About 30 or 40 more Medina games can be found on the hidden page Garcia. Sep-05-07    Peligroso Patzer: <AdrianP: Antonio Medina-Garcia died very recently. He had played all the greats including every world champion between Alekhine and Fischer (inclusive). He apparently had wins over Alekhine, Euwe and Fischer. ***> <drukenknight: I dont think he had a win over Fischer, going from memory. > The book "How to Beat Bobby Fischer" by Edmar J Mednis (Dover Publications, Inc., 1998), which purports to include all of Fischer's lost games from serious tournament and match competition during the period 1958-1972, does not have any game between Fischer and Medina-Garcia, so <drukenknight>'s memory appears to be correct. Sep-05-07    Peligroso Patzer: With regard to the question of whether Medina-Garcia ever defeated Fischer, the following appears on this page: A Medina-Garcia vs Alekhine, 1945 "Lawrence: *** Googling around, it turns out that Antonio Medina also won the U.S. open once and beat Fischer several times playing fast games."

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