José Pinto Paiva (born 16 July 1938) is a Brazilian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player, two times

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winner (1966, 1971).

Biography

From the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, José Pinto Paiva was one of Brazil's leading chess players. He won two gold (1966, 1971), two silver (1967, 1969) and bronze (1965) medals in

s. In 1972 José Pinto Paiva 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 1886 match ...

s South American Zonal tournament. José Pinto Paiva 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 an ...

s: * In 1968, at second reserve board in the

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

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(+1, =0, -4), * In 1970, at second reserve 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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(+3, =3, -2).

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José Pinto Paiva
chess games at 365chess.com 1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Salvador, Bahia Brazilian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Brazil-chess-bio-stub