Hélder Câmara (7 February 1937 – 20 February 2016) was a Brazilian

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International Master (IM) (1972), two times

Brazilian Chess Championship Following are the official winners of the national Brazilian Chess Championships from 1927 to date. The 1998 championship was held 9–19 December in Itabirito, Minas Gerais State. The field of sixteen played a series of two-game single-eliminati ...

winner (1963, 1968).

Biography

From the mid-1960s to mid-1980s, Hélder Câmara was one of Brazil's leading chess players. He won eight medals in

s: 2 gold (1963, 1968), 3 silver (1961, 1964, 1966) and 3 bronze (1967, 1970, 1985). Hélder Câmara five times participated in

World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who has held the title since 2013. The first event recognized as a world championship was the World Chess ...

s South American Zonal tournaments (1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1975). His best result in this tournament was shared 4th–6th place in 1972. Hélder Câmara played for Brazil in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

s: * In 1968, at third board in the

18th Chess Olympiad The 18th Chess Olympiad ( it, Le 18º Olimpiadi degli scacchi), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as well as seve ...

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(+7, =2, -7), * In 1970, at first board in the

19th Chess Olympiad The 19th Chess Olympiad (german: Die 19. Schacholympiade), comprising an open team tournament as well as the annual FIDE congress, took place between September 5–27, 1970, in Siegen, West Germany. The Soviet team with six Grandmasters, led by ...

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(+6, =7, -6), * In 1974, at second board in the

21st Chess Olympiad The 21st Chess Olympiad (french: La 21e Olympiade d'échecs), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as well as severa ...

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(+5, =11, -5), * In 1980, at first reserve board in the

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(+2, =2, -2), * In 1984, at first reserve board in the

26th Chess Olympiad The 26th Chess Olympiad ( el, Η 26η Σκακιστική Ολυμπιάδα, ''I 26i Skakistikí Olympiáda''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male an ...

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(+1, =5, -1). Hélder Câmara played for Brazil in the

Pan American Team Chess Championship The Pan American Team Chess Championship is an international team chess tournament open to national federations affiliated to FIDE in the Americas. It is organized by the Confederation of Chess for America (CCA), and the winner qualifies to partic ...

s: * In 1971, at fourth board in the 1st Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Tucuman (+2, =4, -0) and won team and individual bronze medals. In 1972, Hélder Câmara was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. Hélder Câmara was younger brother of Brazilian chess master

Ronald Câmara Ronald Câmara (11 April 1927 – 29 June 2015) was a Brazilian chess player, two times Brazilian Chess Championship winner (1960, 1961), FIDE International Arbitr, chess writer and administrator. Biography In the 1960s Ronald Câmara was one o ...

and nephew of Brazilian Catholic archbishop

Hélder Câmara Hélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic archbishop. A self-identified socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characteriz ...

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chess games at 365chess.com 1937 births 2016 deaths Sportspeople from Fortaleza Chess International Masters Brazilian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Brazil-chess-bio-stub

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