Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera (born 27 October 1961) is a Guatemalan

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FIDE Master (FM), three-time Guatemalan Chess Championship winner (1989, 1990, 1992) and

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individual gold medalist ( 1988).

Biography

Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera was one of the leading Guatemalan chess players in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won three Guatemalan Chess Championships: 1989, 1990, and 1992. He also won a bronze medal in this tournament in 1991. Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera played in FIDE Zonal tournaments three times: 1998, 2000, and 2004. Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera played for Guatemala in the

s: * In 1982, at the fourth board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in

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(+4, =5, -3), * In 1988, at the third board in the

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(+7, =1, -2), winning an individual gold medal, * In 1990, at the first board in the

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(+5, =2, -6), * In 2004, at the third board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in

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(+4, =4, -4), * In 2006, at the first reserve board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in

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(+4, =4, -3). Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera played for Guatemala in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship: * In 1980, at the fourth board in the 2nd World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship in

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(+6, =3, -3), * In 1983, at the third board in the 4th World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =1, -5). Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera is also known as a chess life organizer. He is the Technical Director of the Guatemalan Chess Federation.

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