Dec-29-04
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Born 23rd August 1913 in Santiago
Chilean champion in 1931, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1961 and 1965. |
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Feb-02-07 | | juccal: Legendary player Rodrigo Flores passed away last january 17 at 93, brilliant engineer was member of the Chilean science academy and many years teacher at Universidad de Chile.
Eleven times Chilean champion the most succesfull champ ever, played with most world Champions from Capablanca to Fischer.
A very consistent player belongs to the brilliant generation of players that also included Mariano Castillo, Rene Letelier and Enrique Reed among others.
Rest in peace master, i bet you are playing with Rene and Mariano in eternity. |
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Aug-23-08 | | brankat: R.I.P. Senor Alvarez. |
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May-17-09 | | Karpova: Edward Winter's feature article "The Chess Prodigy Rodrigo Flores" from 2003: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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Aug-23-12 | | brankat: A multi-talented man and a fine character, Dr.Flores-Alvarez. |
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Jun-17-14 | | zanzibar: A nice obit (in Spanish) here:
http://sertal.blogspot.com/2007/02/... There is a nice 3-picture view of him as youthful, middle-aged, and old-aged man. <He left established an almost insurmountable brand, eleven national chess titles: 1931, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1961 and 1965 participated in three World Olympics representing Chile, 1939 in Buenos Aires 1950 in Dubrovnik (ex-Yugoslavia) and 1956 in Moscow.> For the record: <Benzol> apparently omitted 1938, 1951, and 1952 championships (but not the bio - see above). |
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Aug-23-17 | | lentil: Such successes but no title? |
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Aug-23-19 | | BIDMONFA: Rodrigo Flores Alvarez FLORES, Rodrigo
http://www.bidmonfa.com/flores_rodr...
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Aug-23-19 | | Caissanist: <lentil>: For most of the 20th century you had to play in international events to get a title, and Flores appears to have played very little outside of Chile. There were a lot of very strong players in those years who never got the chance to gain a title for that reason. |
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Aug-23-19 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: This little-known Chilean man, who played almost only in South America, drew late J. R. Capablanca (at Buenos Aires in 1939) and early R. J. Fischer (at Santiago de Chile in 1959), the two world champions, who lost the fewest games in their life - this is really very impressive. Would he have won against both (only four players in the history of chess achieved that), he would be world-famous! |
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