Rene Letelier (center) and Fidel Castro, Torneo de Cárdenas, 1968

Rene Letelier Martner
Number of games in database: 249
Years covered: 1936 to 1990
Last FIDE rating: 2151
Overall record: +64 -116 =69 (39.6%)*
   * 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 (17)      B43 B50 B97 B83 B96  King's Indian (13)      E70 E77 E95 E94 E67  Nimzo Indian (11)      E21 E54 E59 E46 E49  Queen's Gambit Declined (7)      D30 D38 D31 D37 D35  English (6)      A10 A16 A19 A17 A14  Queen's Indian (5)      E14 E15	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (16)      B27 B92 B41 B30 B28  Ruy Lopez (14)      C97 C93 C75 C84 C99  Queen's Gambit Declined (11)      D06 D35 D30 D37  French Defense (10)      C07 C19 C09 C05 C17  Ruy Lopez, Closed (9)      C97 C93 C84 C99 C88  English, 1 c4 e5 (7)      A21 A22 A28

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Fischer vs Letelier, 1959 0-1
   Letelier vs Najdorf, 1954 1-0
   Letelier vs Jacobo Bolbochan, 1959 1-0
   Letelier vs Najdorf, 1964 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Mar del Plata 1960 by suenteus po 147
   Mar del Plata 1959 by suenteus po 147

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RENE LETELIER MARTNER (born Feb-21-1915, died Jul-02-2006) Chile [what is this?] IM René Letelier Martner was born in San Bernardo, Chile. He was Chilean champion five-times (1957, 1959, 1960, 1964 and 1972). He played for Chile in the Chess Olympiads of 1939, 1950, 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1966. South American sub-champion at Sao Paulo 1937 [brasilbase-1]. Wikipedia article: Ren%C3%A9 Letelier

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Pleci vs Letelier   1-0 42 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A28 English 2. Letelier vs R Charlier   1-0 31 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. R Flores-Alvarez vs Letelier 0-1 31 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. Letelier vs J C Balparda   1-0 42 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 5. C Hounie Fleurquin vs Letelier   1-0 40 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 C17 French, Winawer, Advance 6. Letelier vs Jacobo Bolbochan   1-0 35 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. B H Villegas vs Letelier   0-1 37 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A04 Reti Opening 8. Letelier vs A Pons   ½-½ 77 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. A Schwartzman vs Letelier   1-0 25 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann 10. Letelier vs J Vinuesa   0-1 62 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A04 Reti Opening 11. Guimard vs Letelier   ½-½ 91 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 E16 Queen's Indian 12. Letelier vs L Piazzini   0-1 39 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. Letelier vs J Traian Iliesco   0-1 35 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 A52 Budapest Gambit 14. M Castillo vs Letelier   ½-½ 44 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 D85 Grunfeld 15. Letelier vs V Fenoglio   0-1 42 1936 Mar del Plata it-03 B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 16. Letelier vs E Rotunno   ½-½ 47 1938 Carrasco B50 Sicilian 17. Letelier vs J Canepa   ½-½ 31 1938 Carrasco E15 Queen's Indian 18. Alekhine vs Letelier   1-0 25 1938 Montevideo (08) D29 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 19. Trompowsky vs Letelier   ½-½ 24 1938 Carrasco D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Letelier vs Pelikan   0-1 81 1939 Buenos Aires ol (Men) fin-A E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 21. A Gromer vs Letelier   1-0 61 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B C07 French, Tarrasch 22. L Roux Cabral vs Letelier 0-1 22 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B D85 Grunfeld 23. Letelier vs L Engels   0-1 21 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 24. Letelier vs A Kiprov   1-0 40 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 25. Najdorf vs Letelier   1-0 44 1945 Vina del Mar ;HCL 41 A22 English  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Letelier wins | Letelier loses

Dec-15-04    ThePurplePimpernel: I've always ben curious about this fellow. I've only seen a few games of his, 1-1 with Fischer, and a loss to Smyslov. Does anyone know something about Letelier? Feb-21-05    whithergoes: <ThePurplePimpernel> Well, Fischer used a position from his winning game with Letelier in his celebrated "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess." Jul-04-06    Ferdyrojo: The Chilean IM René Letelier Martner passed away on Sunday, 2 July, 2006, in his home. Jul-06-06    stanleys: Rest in peace Mr Letelier! Jul-07-06    iron maiden: Sad to hear of his passing. In the 1950's and 60's he was a regular in the top chess circles of South America. Here is one of his best games, a fine sacrificial effort against the great Argentine player Najdorf. Letelier vs Najdorf, 1954 Aug-23-06    Mibelz: René Letelier Martner died 2 July 2006 in Santiago de Chile. Jan-07-08    Resignation Trap: For a biography, see: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/n... . Sep-21-08    arifattar: The biography here needs updating. Sep-21-09    whiteshark: <Player of the Day> Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3... Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/1f... C.N. <3844. René Letelier>: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... scroll down; photo: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... Sep-21-09    BIDMONFA: Rene Letelier Martner LETELIER, Rene http://www.bidmonfa.com/letelier_re... _ Sep-21-09    WhiteRook48: Fischer could have drawn against Letelier but lost ... Sep-21-12    RookFile: I'm happy he won a game against Fischer. Most people remember the game in which Fischer sacrificed his queen to checkmate him.

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