- José Joaquín Araiza
José Joaquín Araiza Muñoz (
23 March 1900 -27 September 1971 ) was a Mexicanchess master.In 1926 in
Mexico City , Araiza took second place, behindCarlos Torre . In 1928, he tied for twelfth/fourteenth place in The Hague (Amateur World Championship;Max Euwe won). In 1930, he took eleventh place in San Remo (Alexander Alekhine won). In 1930, he took eighth place in Nice (Savielly Tartakower won).In 1932, he took eleventh in Pasadena (Alekhine won). In 1932 in Mexico City Araiza organized and played in the first international tournament held in Mexico, taking third place behind Alekhine and
Isaac Kashdan .citation
editor-last=Kashdan | editor-first=Isaac | editor-link=Isaac Kashdan
title=A Review of the Year
periodical=The Chess Review
year=1933 | month=January | volume=1 | issue=1
pages=3-4] In 1934, he took eighth place in Chicago (Samuel Reshevsky andReuben Fine won). In 1934, he took thirteenth place in Syracuse (Reshevsky won). In 1934/35, he took fourth place in Mexico City, behind Fine,Herman Steiner andArthur Dake . In 1945, he tied for ninth/tenth place in Hollywood (Reshevsky won).References
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