César Muñoz

César Muñoz Vicuña (born 1929) is an Ecuadorian chess master.^[1]

He played for Ecuador at first board in the fourth World Student Team Chess Championship at Reykjavik 1957 (+3 –6 =4) and in the 14th Chess Olympiad at Leipzig 1960 (+9 –3 =7). The unknown Ecuadorian caused a sensation in the preliminaries of the Leipzig Olympiad when he beat Bobby Fischer.^[2]

In 1962, he took second place, behind Olavo Yépez, in Pichincha (ECU-ch); and took seventh place at Quito 1969 (zonal; Eleazar Jiménez and Olavo Yépez Obando won).^[3]

Notable chess games

• Bent Larsen vs César Muñoz, Reykjavik 1957, 4th World Student Team Chess Championship, English, A15, 0-1
• Robert James Fischer vs César Muñoz, Leipzig 1960, 14th Olympiad, Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, B77, 0-1

References

1. ^ http://elajedrezyaesdetodos.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html
2. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
3. ^ Chessmetrics website

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Name	Munoz, Cesar
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Date of birth	1929
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