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Manuel Rivas Pastor

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MANUEL RIVAS PASTOR (born Jul-13-1960, 64 years old) Spain [what is this?] Manuel Rivas Pastor grew up in southern Spain, mostly in Seville. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, he was one of Spain's leading chess players, earning the International Master title in 1980 and that of Grandmaster in 1987. Rivas has competed many times in the finals of the Spanish Chess Championships, winning outright on four occasions: 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1991. His first international success was in 1977, when he shared seventh place in the U20 World Junior Chess Championships in Innsbruck. Rivas achieved another significant result at the turn of 1979 and 1980 in Groningen, where he shared fourth place (with Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Harold James Plaskett) in the European Junior Chess Championship in the same age category. Rivas has achieved several successes in international chess tournaments, including in Medina del Campo (1980, second place), Torremolinos (1983, first), Isla de Santa Catalina (1987, shared first place), Salamanca (1989, first ex aequo), Albacete (1989, tied for first), Lorca (2005, first), Malaga Open (2006, second place), Almería (2006, second; 2007, first), Ourense (2008, equal second), San Cristóbal de La Laguna (2008, tied for second), Seville (2009, first) and in Paul Keres Memorial Tournament (Vancouver, 2010, equal first). Rivas played for Spain in the following Chess Olympiads: In 1978, at second reserve board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+2, =2, -1), In 1980, at fourth board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+5, =4, -3), In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+2, =4, -1), In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4, =6, -1), In 1992, at first board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+2, =6, -3). Rivas also played for Spain in the European Team Championships: In 1989, at first board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa (+4, =0, -3), In 1992, at first board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+2, =4, -2) http://www.fsajedrez.com/torneos/20... Wikipedia article: Manuel Rivas Pastor https://web.archive.org/web/2005110... Last updated: 2024-07-13 21:16:54

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page 1 of 36; games 1-25 of 893  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Rivas Pastor vs C Morris   0-1 19 1977 World Junior Championship A10 English 2. H Janssen vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 52 1977 World Junior Championship B33 Sicilian 3. M Rivas Pastor vs O S Knudsen   ½-½ 77 1977 World Junior Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. M Bernat vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 29 1977 World Junior Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 5. M Rivas Pastor vs D Goodman   1-0 46 1977 World Junior Championship A25 English 6. M Rivas Pastor vs C Ghysels   ½-½ 27 1977 World Junior Championship A28 English 7. G Kaspret vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 39 1977 World Junior Championship A05 Reti Opening 8. P Popovic vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 21 1977 World Junior Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 9. M Rivas Pastor vs C Barry   1-0 60 1977 World Junior Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 10. H Salazar Jacob vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 46 1977 World Junior Championship B33 Sicilian 11. M Rivas Pastor vs A Groszpeter   1-0 65 1977 World Junior Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 12. A Yusupov vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 43 1977 World Junior Championship A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 13. M Rivas Pastor vs N Ristic   1-0 45 1977 European Junior Championship 1977/78 A37 English, Symmetrical 14. A Groszpeter vs M Rivas Pastor 1-0 20 1977 European Junior Championship 1977/78 C60 Ruy Lopez 15. M Rivas Pastor vs G Franzoni   ½-½ 81 1977 European Junior Championship 1977/78 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. S Skembris vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 65 1977 European Junior Championship 1977/78 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 17. O Foisor vs M Rivas Pastor   1-0 57 1977 European Junior Championship 1977/78 A44 Old Benoni Defense 18. M Rivas Pastor vs V Freund   1-0 47 1977 European Junior Championship 1977/78 E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 19. T Yilmaz vs M Rivas Pastor ½-½ 41 1977 European Junior Championship 1977/78 B33 Sicilian 20. M Rivas Pastor vs C Schubert   0-1 38 1977 European Junior Championship 1977/78 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 21. Van der Wiel vs M Rivas Pastor   0-1 36 1977 European Junior Championship 1977/78 B32 Sicilian 22. M Rivas Pastor vs J Pereira Santos   ½-½ 42 1978 European Junior Championship 1977/78 A16 English 23. C M Bjork vs M Rivas Pastor   ½-½ 34 1978 European Junior Championship 1977/78 C60 Ruy Lopez 24. M Rivas Pastor vs L Roos   0-1 34 1978 European Junior Championship 1977/78 A12 English with b3 25. P Busuttil vs M Rivas Pastor   0-1 19 1978 European Junior Championship 1977/78 B23 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 36; games 1-25 of 893

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Aug-15-03    pawntificator: Heck of a rating. Too bad about his record in the database...I guess that's what happens when you only play the best of the best. And when you only have your games against the bestest of the best in the database. Poor guy. Three cheers for Pastor! Hip hip! Hooray! Aug-15-03    Sylvester: Who is he? Where is he from? Aug-15-03    Ribeiro: <Sylvester> GM Manuel Rivas Pastor is from Spain. Aug-15-03    Sylvester: Thanks, Ribeiro. Aug-15-03    Ribeiro: <Sylvester> You are welcome! Aug-04-04    meloncio: GM Manuel Rivas got his top level in early 80's. He's Sevillian like me, and I remember when he got the 1981 Spanish Championship in Sevilla (!), when he was only 21 years old, and after that had several good years. Today, I know almost nothing about him, except the list on the FEDE site. May-29-06    BIDMONFA: Manuel Rivas-Pastor RIVAS, Manuel http://www.bidmonfa.com/rivas_manue... _ Jul-13-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Manuel! Oct-02-08    Ezzy: Today he has been disqualified from the Spanish Championships for refusing a doping test. He could be the very first player to suffer under the FIDE rules in this situation. Oct-02-08    matey: Bravo, Manuel Rivas-Pastor, Bravo! Oct-02-08    Ezzy: GM Manuel Rivas was disqualified from the ongoing Spanish Championship when he refused to submit to a doping test. Now, perhaps at some point there will be a substance that (a) substantially helps the performance of a chess player and (b) is dangerous and needs to be controlled, but in the meantime, what's the point? This stupid FIDE rule, which as far as I know had never previously been enforced, goes back to 1999 when FIDE had some hopes of becoming part of the Olympic movement. Since that didn't work out (chess was an exhibition sport in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and that was the end of that), can we stop pretending chess is a real sport - or at least the sort of sport where these blood tests are relevant? The Chess Mind By Dennis Monokroussos. Jul-13-09    brankat: Happy Birthday GM Rivas-Pastor! Jul-13-09    WhiteRook48: he must be very religious Aug-21-09    Everett: Concentration enhancing drugs are very effective, but so is having slight, specific autism that can make one slightly strange but an absolute killer automaton on the chessboard. The future will bring some interesting issues to the fore. Aug-21-09    SugarDom: This is obvious to a lot of chess players...Look at Nakamura...hehe Aug-21-09    Everett: I was thinking Carlsen as the most recent, and blatant, example. Aug-21-09    SugarDom: I was going to say that, but i was afraid of Carlsen fans. hehe Jul-13-10    wordfunph: 1990 Palma de Mallorca: 154 Grandmasters were entered out of 182 participants. GM Manuel Rivas of Spain was the last placer. GM Sammy Reshevsky, played and placed 179th-181st together with GM Vlastimil Jansa. happy birthday Manuel! Jul-13-11    badenbaden: ¡Felicidades, Manolo! El Bobby del Claret... Jul-13-15    eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to GM Rivas-Pastor! Jul-13-24    lentil: His bio does not mention any titles.

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