Damian Reca

Damian Reca

Damián M. Reca (1894 – 4 May 1937, Buenos Aires)^[1] was an Argentine chess master.

He was Argentine Champion in 1921, 1923, 1924, and 1925.

In 1921, he won at Buenos Aires (1st ARG-ch) and won a match for the title against Benito Villegas (5 : 2) in 1921/22. He took 7th at Montevideo (Carrasco) 1921/22 (1st Torneo Sudamericano, Roberto Grau won). He tied for 2nd-3rd at Buenos Aires 1922 (2nd ARG-ch, Villegas won). In 1923/24, he won at Buenos Aires (3rd ARG-ch) and won a match for the title against Villegas (5 : 3). In 1924 and 1925, he was declared Argentine champion without official matches (Reca lost a match against Richard Reti 0.5 : 2.5 at Buenos Aires 1924,^[2] and won an unofficial match against Julio Lynch 5.5 : 2.5 in 1925).

He tied for 8-13th in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiads at Paris 1924 (Consolation Cup, Karel Hromadka won).^[3] He tied for 2nd-3rd at Montevideo 1925 (2nd Torneo Sudamericano, Luis Palau won).^[4] In 1926, he lost a match for the title (6th ARG-ch) to Grau (3 : 5). He won at Buenos Aires 1927 (7th ARG-ch) but did not win the title because he refused to play with Grau.^[5] He also won at Buenos Aires 1927 (Pentagonal).^[6]

Reca represented Argentina in 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928 (+4 –5 =4).^[7]

References

1. ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 349, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 
2. ^ Event Details: Reca-Réti Match (Buenos Aires), 1924
3. ^ OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: consolation cup standings
4. ^ Montevideo 1925 - 2° Torneio Sulamericano
5. ^ "Major Tournaments and Argentine Chess Championships (notes in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5kmQOO7Vi. 
6. ^ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables
7. ^ OlimpBase :: 2nd Chess Olympiad, The Hague 1928, Argentina

Further reading

• British Chess Magazine, 1937, p. 465

External links

• Damian Reca player profile at ChessGames.com

Persondata
Name	Reca, Damian
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine chess champion
Date of birth	1894
Place of birth
Date of death	4 May 1937
Place of death	Buenos Aires