- Esteban Canal
Esteban Canal (
April 19 1896 –February 14 1981 ) was a leadingPeru vianchess player who had his best tournament results in the 1920s and 1930s.Birth and Life
Born in Chiclayo, Peru, he moved to Italy in the 1920s and remained there.
page=62]National teams
Canal played in one
Chess Olympiad , representing Peru on board 1 in 1950 at Dubrovnik. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/players/11ndl55e.html Canal, Estaban] team chess record at olimpbase.org]FIDE made him anInternational Master in 1950 and an honorary Grandmaster in 1977.Death
He died in Varese, Italy in 1981.citation
last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige
year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
publisher=McFarland
isbn=0-7864-2353-6
page=62]Canal had an even record against
Max Euwe . He won inVenice in 1948 (moves given inalgebraic chess notation ):1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. c3 Bc5 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. Nf5 Bb6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. h3 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Ne4 17. Rc1 Re8 18. g4 Qf6 19. Qa4 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rxc6 Rd6 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23. Qc6 Rb8 24. Qxd5 Qd7 25. Bf4 h6 26. Ne5 Qa4 27. Nc6 Rf8 28. f6 Re8 29. Re7 1-0.
Canal played his most famous game, sometimes called the "Peruvian Immortal," at a
simultaneous exhibition . In just 14 moves, he sacrificed both his rooks and his queen to finish withBoden's mate .References
External links
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CC2aUJ3D2Q Video reenactment of Esteban Canal vs NN (Simul, Budapest, 1934) game by Serguei Vorojtsov]
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