From Sevilla (Spain), born in fifties. Chemical analyst, working in a official Drinking Water Quality Control laboratory.Eye-witness in some games of Kasparov-Karpov WCC Sevilla 1987. Being a pre-teenager, I also watched a couple of games of Petrosian-Huebner, Candidates 1971.
Active player in 80s, not anymore. It was too much for my nervous system.
I'm very interested in chess history. Favourite player is an ideal mix Capablanca-Nimzovich-Smyslov. Two logical and clear minds and, in the middle, some drops of Nimzo eccentricity.
Current Favorite Poem:
Lo más hermoso, aquello
que no puede comprarse,
que vale, frente a un copo de tu espuma,
si se sabe mirar,
frente a una pluma de tormenta, rota
sobre tu orilla, frente
a tus platas y azules,
metales y cristales,
si se los sabe oler, gustar, tocar, oír...
Qué vale nada lo que tú. Rebosa
la eternidad tu vaso,
llueve su vino sobre nuestra carne.
Una concha roída
por los gusanos de tu mar, un poco,
de cal, y bruma, y nácar,
pude hacernos llorar,
ensancha las fronteras
del alma, desmorona
los muros negros de la realidad.
Qué vale nada, todo,
lo que tú, playa mía,
lirio de arena, selva
de círculos de oro,
túnica ardiente, pálida campana,
palacio sumergido,
inolvidable...
José Hierro (1922-2002)
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Chess is only my second passion. I am a proud supporter of my local football team, glorious SEVILLA F.C.:
********** 2006 UEFA CUP CHAMPION **********
********* 2006 UEFA SUPER-CUP WINNER *********
********** 2007 UEFA CUP CHAMPION **********
******** 2007 SPAIN KING'S CUP CHAMPION ********
******** 2010 SPAIN KING'S CUP CHAMPION ********
Sorry my bad English.