Eduardo Franco Raymundo (13 February 1934 – 4 May 1996) was a Spanish

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player,

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individual gold medal winner (1962), Spanish Team Chess Championship winner (1968, 1969).

Biography

From the late 1950s to the early 1970s, Eduardo Franco Raymundo was one of Spain's leading chess players. In 1957, in

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he shared 3rd place in

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. With chess club ''CA Schweppes Madrid'' Eduardo Franco Raymundo won two gold (1968, 1969) and silver (1973) medals in Spanish Team Chess Championships. He was participant of many international chess tournaments. Eduardo Franco Raymundo played for Spain in the

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s: * In 1962, at fourth board in the

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(+3, =1, -7), * In 1966, at first reserve board in the

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(+2, =2, -4). Eduardo Franco Raymundo played for Spain in the

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: * In 1961, at eighth board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship in

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(+1, =8, -1). Eduardo Franco Raymundo played for Spain in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries: * In 1957, at reserve board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -2), * In 1965, at seventh board in the 3rd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -0), * In 1970, at tenth board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =3, -0). Eduardo Franco Raymundo played for Spain in the Clare Benedict Chess Cups: * In 1962, at reserve board in the 9th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in

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(+2, =1, -0) and won individual gold medal, * In 1965, at reserve board in the 13th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in

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(+0, =2, -1).

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Eduardo Franco Raymundo
chess games at 365chess.com 1934 births 1996 deaths Spanish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Spain-bio-stub