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Alfredo Olivera

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Alfredo Olivera
CountryUruguay
Born(1908-03-09)9 March 1908
Diedunknown

Alfredo F. Olivera (9 March 1908 – unknown) was a Uruguayan chess player, five-time Uruguayan Chess Championship winner (1937, 1944, 1947, 1957, 1963).

Biography

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From the late 1930s to the mid-1960s, Alfredo Olivera was one of Uruguayan leading chess players. He was multiple participant in the Uruguayan Chess Championships, where he won champion title in 1937, 1944, 1947, 1957, and 1963. Also Alfredo Olivera was participant of a number of major international tournaments: Montevideo (1938, 1939, 1941, 1953, 1956, 1959), Mar del Plata (1948, 1956, 1958), Hollywood (1945), Atlántida (1960).

Alfredo Olivera played for Uruguay in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

Famous Danish chess grandmaster Bent Larsen spoke about Olivera as «cosy fatboy, who for many years won the Uruguayan Championship whenever he participated».[2]

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Alfredo Olivera". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "The chess games of Alfredo Olivera". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
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