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Manuel Marquez Sterling
M Marquez Sterling 
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Number of games in database: 56
Years covered: 1894 to 1909
Overall record: +9 -33 =13 (28.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

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With the White pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (9) 
    C70 C65 C60 C62 C77
 Sicilian (4) 
    B40 B56 B32
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (6) 
    C13 C00 C02 C10 C01
 French (4) 
    C13 C00 C10
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   J Mortimer vs M Marquez Sterling, 1900 0-1
   M Marquez Sterling vs L Rosen, 1900 1/2-1/2
   M Marquez Sterling vs Capablanca, 1901 1/2-1/2


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MANUEL MARQUEZ STERLING
(born Aug-28-1872, died Dec-09-1934, 62 years old) Cuba

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Dr. Manuel Márquez Sterling (né Carlos Manuel Agustin Márquez Sterling y Loret de Mola), born Lima PER; died Washington, DC USA.

Manuel was born in Lima while his father was serving as the Cuban minister to Peru.

He was a Cuban diplomat and President of Cuba for a few hours on during an interregnum on January 18, 1934. He was an attorney, was Ambassador of Cuba to Mexico and later to the United States.

He was also national champion of both Cuba and Mexico. He tied for 16-17th at Paris (1900) (Emanuel Lasker won) played during the world exhibition.(1)

(1) Wikipedia article: Manuel Márquez Sterling

Last updated: 2025-05-19 12:08:42

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Vazquez vs M Marquez Sterling  1-0441894Marquez Sterling - Vazquez, 1st MatchC13 French
2. M Marquez Sterling vs A Vazquez  ½-½531894Marquez Sterling - Vazquez, 1st MatchB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
3. A Vazquez vs M Marquez Sterling  1-0291894Marquez Sterling - Vazquez, 1st MatchC13 French
4. M Marquez Sterling vs A Vazquez  0-1601894Marquez Sterling - Vazquez, 1st MatchB40 Sicilian
5. A Vazquez vs M Marquez Sterling  1-0291894Marquez Sterling - Vazquez, 1st MatchB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
6. M Marquez Sterling vs Pillsbury 0-1311895Single Match GameC60 Ruy Lopez
7. N Jasnogrodsky vs M Marquez Sterling  1-0621895Jasnogrodsky - Marquez SterlingD00 Queen's Pawn Game
8. M Marquez Sterling vs N Jasnogrodsky  0-1251895Jasnogrodsky - Marquez SterlingD04 Queen's Pawn Game
9. N Jasnogrodsky vs M Marquez Sterling  1-0581895Jasnogrodsky - Marquez SterlingC53 Giuoco Piano
10. M Marquez Sterling vs N Jasnogrodsky  0-1191895Jasnogrodsky - Marquez SterlingA07 King's Indian Attack
11. N Jasnogrodsky vs M Marquez Sterling  1-0431895Jasnogrodsky - Marquez SterlingD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. M Marquez Sterling vs Janowski  ½-½391895Single Match GameC70 Ruy Lopez
13. M Marceau vs M Marquez Sterling  ½-½311897Casual gameC10 French
14. M Marquez Sterling vs M Marceau  1-0301897Casual gameA85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
15. M Marquez Sterling vs Alberto Quijano  1-0291897Casual gameC52 Evans Gambit
16. M Marquez Sterling vs Justino Rubio  1-03418971st Mexican Chess TournamentC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
17. M Marquez Sterling vs M Eguiluz  ½-½271897Training gameC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
18. M Marquez Sterling vs A Escontria  ½-½681897Escontria - Marquez SterlingC70 Ruy Lopez
19. A Escontria vs M Marquez Sterling  1-0361897Escontria - Marquez SterlingC46 Three Knights
20. M Marquez Sterling vs A Escontria  0-1331897Escontria - Marquez SterlingC70 Ruy Lopez
21. A Escontria vs M Marquez Sterling  ½-½571897Escontria - Marquez SterlingC47 Four Knights
22. M Marquez Sterling vs A Escontria  1-0511897Escontria - Marquez SterlingC70 Ruy Lopez
23. A Escontria vs M Marquez Sterling  0-1581897Escontria - Marquez SterlingC47 Four Knights
24. M Marquez Sterling vs A Escontria  ½-½511897Escontria - Marquez SterlingD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. A Escontria vs M Marquez Sterling  ½-½251897Escontria - Marquez SterlingC02 French, Advance
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-19-08  biglo: I think this guy was the President of Cuba for a day. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel...
Dec-24-08  Karpova: C.N. 5908

<His obituary on page 21 of the New York Times, 10 December 1934 included the following reference:

‘Known as an opponent of the Machado régime, he served for a few days as Provisional President in Cuba during the revolutionary crisis following the flight of the dictator.’

Page 165 of the December 1934 American Chess Bulletin carried a brief death notice:

‘Dr Manuel Márquez Sterling, who had held the post of Cuban Ambassador at Washington since January 1934, died in that city on 9 December, at the age of 62. Old-timers will recall the name of Dr Sterling as that of an ardent chess devotee at one time quite active in Havana, when he was a player of considerable ability. He was the author also of a text book on the game in the Spanish language. Dr Sterling was long in the diplomatic service of his country and, earlier in his career, was Ambassador to Mexico.’>

Source: http://www.chesshistory.com/

Dec-18-11
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  GrahamClayton: Does anyone know how Sterling was invited to compete in the 1900 Paris tournament?
Dec-18-11  AlphaMale: By telegram, I think.
Apr-10-12  technical draw: Not a sterling record for this player.
Sep-07-15  RookFile: Well, he did have some draws with Capa.
Jul-30-17  Eagle41257: Márquez Sterling y Loret de Mola, Manuel http://www.edochess.ca/players/p107...
Aug-28-17  Nosnibor: His play seems weaker than the strength of the present U.K. currency !
Mar-11-19
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  jnpope: <<GrahamClayton>: Does anyone know how Sterling was invited to compete in the 1900 Paris tournament?>

A. C. Vazquez wrote the following in El Fígaro and reprinted in El Ajedrez Magistral, v2, 1900, p35, regarding an aborted match between he and Sterling (translation by jnpope): "Four games had already been played (two draws and two losses by Mr. Marquez Sterling), when he had to leave suddenly for Washington, on account of having been appointed private secretary of Mr. Gonzalo de Quesada in everything concerning the representation of Cuba in the Universal Exposition of Paris. As a result, he was forced to resign the match, declaring us the winner."

This explains why Sterling was in Paris at the time of the tournament. It doesn't necessarily explain why he was invited to play, but then again Didier, Mortimer, and Rosen, weren't exactly in the same class as Lasker, Pillsbury, Maroczy, Chigorin, et. al., either, so perhaps the Paris committee had spots to fill in the tournament roster and he was a conveniently available second-class player?

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