- Rodrigo Flores
Rodrigo Flores Álvarez (23 August 1913, Santiago – 17 January 2007, Santiago) was a Chilean engineer and
chess master. [ [http://www.fenach.cl/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=70 Federacion Nacional de Ajedrez de Chile - Rodrigo Flores Alvarez - 1913 - 2007 ] ]Chess
Flores was Chilean Champion eleven times: 1931, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1961, and 1965.
In 1936, he tied for 7-8th with
Jácobo Bolbochán in Mar del Plata (Isaias Pleci won). In 1937, he won, ahead ofRené Letelier , in São Paulo. In 1938, he took 8th in Montevideo (Alexander Alekhine won). [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk]Rodrigo Flores played for Chile in three
Chess Olympiad s.
* In 1939, at second board in the 8th Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+4 –5 =9); His victory overMoshe Czerniak [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1485727] was praised by bothCapablanca [Edward G. Winter (1989). "Capablanca: A Compendium of Games, Notes, Articles, Correspondence, Illustrations and Other Rare Archival Materials on the Cuban Chess Genius Jose Raul Capablanca, 1888-1942", p. 291. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ] andAlekhine [Alekhine, A., "107 Great Chess Battles", tr. E.G. Winter, Oxford University Press, 1980. ] , as well as his opponent [Winter, "op. cit."] .
* In 1950, at second board in the 9th Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+6 –3 =6);
* In 1956, at first board in the 12th Olympiad in Moscow (+2 –6 =9). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]In 1949, he tied for 6-9th in Mar del Plata (
Hector Rossetto won). In 1951, he took 4th in Mar del Plata / Buenos Aires (zt;Erich Eliskases andJulio Bolbochán won). In 1959, he tied for 7-8th in Santiago (Borislav Ivkov andLuděk Pachman won). In 1960, he tied for 3rd-5th in São Paolo (zt; Bolbochán won). In 1961, he took 2nd, behindEugenio German , in São Paulo (zt; playoff). In 1962, he took 2nd in Mar del Plata (Raimundo Garcia won). [ [http://brasilbase.pro.br BrasilBase ] ][http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=20191 Games of Rodrigo Flores]
Engineering
Rodrigo Flores was an outstanding civil engineer. He entered the
Chilean Academy of Sciences on 1970. On 1993 he won the national prize offered by Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile.References
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