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Ramon Rey Ardid

Jaime Casás (on left) vs. Ramón Rey Ardid

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RAMON REY ARDID (born Dec-20-1903, died Jan-21-1988, 84 years old) Spain [what is this?] Dr. Ramón Rey Ardid was born in Zaragoza. He was a psychiatrist and professor at Zaragoza University. He was Spanish champion from 1929 to 1942. In 1924, he played for Spain in the first unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris, scoring +4 –5 =4, where his team took 10th place. He shared 21st in the Consolation Cup (B tournament, won by Karel Hromádka).2 In 1928, he won the pre-Olympic tournament in Madrid, but later resigned from participation in the 2nd Olympiad at The Hague. In 1929, he tied for 4-5th in Barcelona (José Raúl Capablanca won) and took his first Spanish Championship title. In 1929 he won a match for the Spanish title against Manuel Golmayo (+4 –1 =2). He successfully defended the title, winning matches against R. Casas (+5 –1 =0) in 1933, Vicente Almirali Castall (+5 –0 =2) in 1935, and Juan Manuel Fuentes (+5 –1 =1) in 1942. He lost the title to José Sanz Aguado (+3 –4 =3) in 1943. In tournaments and matches, he took 2nd, behind Andor Lilienthal, at Sitges (1934) ; won a match against Victor Kahn (+2 –0 =4) at Zaragoza 1935; and shared 1st at Hastings 1935/36 (B tournament).3 In 1944, Rey Ardid lost a match to Alexander Alekhine (+0 –1 =3) and won against Francisco Lupi (+5 –1 =0), both in Zaragoza. He won at Madrid 1946 (Casa de Alba). Wikipedia article: Ramón Rey Ardid Last updated: 2022-03-13 02:15:27

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page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 80  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lasker vs R Rey Ardid 1-0 44 1921 Simul, 20b A03 Bird's Opening 2. Lasker vs R Rey Ardid 1-0 26 1921 Simul, 20b D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 3. R Rey Ardid vs Alekhine 0-1 17 1922 Exhibition game D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 4. R Rey Ardid vs K Vanek   0-1 44 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad A48 King's Indian 5. R Rey Ardid vs G Cenni   0-1 28 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 6. S Rosselli del Turco vs R Rey Ardid   1-0 21 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 7. F Jonet vs R Rey Ardid   0-1 38 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. R Rey Ardid vs J Kleczynski Jr   1-0 24 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 9. R Rey Ardid vs E Voellmy   ½-½ 33 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 10. G Renaud vs R Rey Ardid   ½-½ 52 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 11. D Daniuszewski vs R Rey Ardid   1-0 28 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 12. R Rey Ardid vs L Loewenton   1-0 41 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 13. K Behting vs R Rey Ardid   ½-½ 65 1924 Paris Unofficial Olympiad final-B C11 French 14. P Soler vs R Rey Ardid   ½-½ 49 1929 Barcelona E10 Queen's Pawn Game 15. R Rey Ardid vs Tartakower   0-1 36 1929 Barcelona B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 16. J Torres Caravaca vs R Rey Ardid   0-1 40 1929 Barcelona B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 17. R Rey Ardid vs J Vilardebo Picurena   1-0 46 1929 Barcelona D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Yates vs R Rey Ardid 0-1 29 1929 Barcelona C78 Ruy Lopez 19. R Rey Ardid vs J Aguilera Bernabe   1-0 40 1929 Barcelona A00 Uncommon Opening 20. Capablanca vs R Rey Ardid 1-0 21 1929 Barcelona A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 21. R Rey Ardid vs Colle   0-1 36 1929 Barcelona E16 Queen's Indian 22. J M Font vs R Rey Ardid   0-1 24 1929 Barcelona B20 Sicilian 23. R Rey Ardid vs M Golmayo ½-½ 32 1929 Barcelona B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 24. V Marin y Llovet vs R Rey Ardid   0-1 35 1929 Barcelona D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. R Rey Ardid vs Menchik 0-1 34 1929 Barcelona D30 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 80

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Dec-20-03    CapablancaRules: Chessgames, I am looking for a game of Rey Ardid often called the "Immortal something", I don´t remember... Can you or anybody else tell me if one of these games is the mentionated? Jan-31-05    meloncio: Dr. Ramón Rey Ardid (1903-1987, Zaragoza, Spain), psychiatrist and reputable professor at the Zaragoza University. Spanish Chess Champion from 1930 to 1942, but never was a professional player. Jan-21-06    BIDMONFA: Ramon Rey-Ardid http://www.bidmonfa.com/rey_ardid_r... _ Apr-26-08    Autoreparaturwerkbau: <CR> looks for N Johansson vs R Rey-Ardid, 1933 Sep-29-08    GrahamClayton: The Rey-Ardid variation of the QGD is 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. ♘c3 c5 4. cd5 ed5 5. ♘f3 ♘c6 6. g3 c4 7. e4 Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld "Oxford Companion to Chess", OUP, 1992 Jul-31-09    myschkin: . . . Ramon Rey-Ardid (blindfold) – NN Venue?, 1939 King’s Fianchetto Defence 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 f4 e6 4 Nf3 Ne7 5 Be2 O-O 6 Be3 c5 7 c3 cxd4 8 cxd4 Nec6 9 Nc3 Qb6 10 Qd2 Qb4 11 g4 f5 12 gxf5 exf5 13 a3 Qb3 14 e5 Na6 15 d5 Ne7 16 Nd4 Qb6 17 Nc6 Qc7 18 Nb5 1-0 (Los principios del ajedrez, p. 181-182) Dec-20-11    brankat: A man of many talents. He drew against Alekhine 3 times. Had a win against Tartakower and Yates. Not shabby. R.I.P. Dr.Ardid. Apr-25-12    wordfunph: <Dr Ramon Rey Ardid (1904-88), a medical doctor from Zaragoza, was one of Spain's strongest players for three decades. He represented his country at the 1924 Paris Olympiad, won the Spanish Championship four times and in 1944 he played a short match with world champion Alekhine, losing only one game. Dr Rey only seems to have played CC for a brief period in the early 1930s.> taken from the book 64 Great Chess Games by Tim Harding. Dec-20-12    Kikoman: Rest In Peace Dr. Ramoy Rey Ardid. Dec-20-12    moronovich: Played him in Las Palmas 75.A very nice and gentle man. It was only later I realised that he played a match vs the great Alekhine. Dec-20-13    Penguincw: R.I.P. Ramon Rey Ardid. Dec-20-15    TheFocus: Happy Birthday!! Thank you for babysitting Alekhine. Dec-20-16    TheFocus: Happy birthday, Ramon. Again. Dec-20-16    hemy: Alexander Alekhine y Ramón Rey Ardid - Zaragoza 1935 http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%2... Sep-02-19    blackburne: Complete biography of Rey Ardid. Includes 263 games, 93 chess problems and several photographs. In spanish. http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/04%2... --- Mar-13-20    fridgefluff27: Ardid's variation (cited by Graham Clayton above) does much to sort out the farcical QGD - Tarrasch - Prague pantomime (10 contorted moves & all that's achieved is black's isolated d5 pawn!). Of course, it's the transitional 6...c4 (the Folkestone (Swedish) variation) that finally gives black something of worth. If he is discerning, he will quickly play Be6, guarding the rear pawn in the manner of the Bogolyubov variation, & can scarcely lose... Dec-12-21    GrahamClayton: Rey Ardid achieved the unusual feat of winning consecutive Spanish championship titles, but separated by 7 years - after winning in Zaragoza in 1935, the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and World War II meant he didn't defend his title until in Barcelona in 1942.

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