Rudolfo Tan Cardoso
Number of games in database: 128
Years covered: 1956 to 1978
Current FIDE rating: 2330
Highest rating achieved in database: 2410
Overall record: +36 -64 =28 (39.1%)*
   * 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 (33)      B91 B90 B43 B32 B81  Sicilian Najdorf (10)      B91 B90 B99 B92 B98  Sicilian Scheveningen (5)      B81 B80 B84 B83  French Defense (5)      C00 C05 C07 C01  English, 1 c4 e5 (4)      A20  English (4)      A15 A10	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (13)      B90 B94 B93 B51 B27  Sicilian Najdorf (8)      B90 B94 B93 B92  Uncommon Opening (7)      A00 B00  Nimzo Indian (6)      E40 E38 E30 E26 E53  Robatsch (6)      B06  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      A40

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R T Cardoso vs Tal, 1958 1/2-1/2
   R T Cardoso vs Bronstein, 1958 1-0
   R T Cardoso vs Fischer, 1957 1-0
   B De Greiff vs R T Cardoso, 1958 0-1

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RUDOLFO TAN CARDOSO (born Dec-25-1937) Philippines [what is this?] Rodolfo Tan Cardoso was born in Anda in the Philippines in 1937. Awarded the IM title in 1957 he was Philippine Champion in 1958 and 1963. Winning the Asian zonal tournament of 1957-58 he qualified for the interzonal at Portoroz in 1958. He finished in 19th place (out of 21 players), but his performance was notable for the last round defeat of David Bronstein which kept Bronstein out of the subsequent Candidates Tournament.

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 128  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Portisch vs R T Cardoso   ½-½ 74 1956 Moscow E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 2. Fischer vs R T Cardoso 1-0 32 1957 Match A04 Reti Opening 3. R T Cardoso vs Fischer ½-½ 56 1957 New York m B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 4. Fischer vs R T Cardoso ½-½ 46 1957 New York m B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. R T Cardoso vs Fischer 0-1 36 1957 New York m B55 Sicilian, Prins Variation, Venice Attack 6. R T Cardoso vs Lombardy   0-1 67 1957 Wch U20 B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 7. Fischer vs R T Cardoso 1-0 46 1957 New York m B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. R T Cardoso vs Fischer 1-0 40 1957 New York m B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 9. Fischer vs R T Cardoso 1-0 31 1957 New York m B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. R T Cardoso vs Fischer 0-1 52 1957 New York m B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Bahgat vs R T Cardoso   0-1 56 1957 Toronto-jr C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 12. Pilnik vs R T Cardoso   ½-½ 41 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 B06 Robatsch 13. R Sanguineti vs R T Cardoso   ½-½ 69 1958 Portoroz izt C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 14. R T Cardoso vs G Fuster   1-0 41 1958 Portoroz izt D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 15. Y Safvat vs R T Cardoso   0-1 43 1958 13th olm final C A10 English 16. Fischer vs R T Cardoso 1-0 62 1958 Bad Portoroz izt B10 Caro-Kann 17. B P Reilly vs R T Cardoso   0-1 47 1958 13th olm final C D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. B De Greiff vs R T Cardoso 0-1 31 1958 Portoroz izt B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 19. Pachman vs R T Cardoso   1-0 41 1958 Izt D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 20. W Fairhurst vs R T Cardoso 0-1 39 1958 13th olm final C D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. R T Cardoso vs Szabo   0-1 42 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 B27 Sicilian 22. R T Cardoso vs Larsen   ½-½ 54 1958 Portoroz izt B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 23. O Neikirch vs R T Cardoso   1-0 46 1958 Portoroz izt E91 King's Indian 24. R T Cardoso vs K Lagha   1-0 29 1958 13th olm final C C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 25. R T Cardoso vs A Aggos   1-0 30 1958 13th olm final C D55 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 128

Aug-21-05    chancho: Played a match sponsored by Pepsi cola in 1957 against Bobby Fischer. lost 6-2. Fischer winning 5 games, drawing 2, and losing 1. Aug-21-05    ughaibu: Who was Bobby Fischer? Aug-21-05    WannaBe: some chess-playing hack, so I heard. :) Aug-21-05    chancho: Some out of this world chess player who kicked some serious bootie in the 70's. Aug-22-05    ughaibu: Really? I guess you might be right if she beat Rado 6-2. Aug-22-05    chancho: She? <ughaibu> Get some sleep dude! Aug-22-05    ughaibu: Hm? Bobby's a girl's name, isn't it. Aug-09-06    rjsolcruz: It's RODOLFO and not radolfo. Dec-25-06    DutchDunce: Rudolfo, the tan-nosed chess player... Dec-25-06    rjsolcruz: The Pepsi Cola Match in 1957 was an exhibition match between then junior champions; fischer od usa and cardoso of philippines. fischer became a chess legend with his game of the century vs byrne, candidates shut-out wins and winning the world championship vs boris spassky in 1972 in iceland where he is now residing. Dec-25-06    rjsolcruz: Cardoso became an IM and once worked with MERALCO. He maybe the only Filipino who has a WIN against the legendary Bobby Fischer, a former World Champion. Dec-25-07    Cactus: Funny that Rudolf was born on Christmas :> Dec-25-07    zanshin: The name should be Rodolfo not Rudolfo. Dec-25-07    timhortons: hes cebu based now and teaching chess right?happy birthday!!!!,...i think his asias first international master Dec-25-08    wordfunph: Hapy Birthday IM Rodolfo Tan Cardoso!

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