Luis Augusto Sánchez (20 July 1917 – 1981) was a Colombian

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master. He won the

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six times (1938, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1958, and 1962). He broke out on the international stage in 1938 by winning the chess tournament at the first Bolivarian Games in Bogotá. In 1951, he won in Caracas (zonal). In 1952, he took 17th in Stockholm (interzonal;

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won). In 1957, he took 3rd in Caracas (zonal; Boris de Greiff won). In 1958, he took 8th in Bogotá (1st Torneo de las Americas;

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won). In 1959, he tied for 4-6th with

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and

Bobby Fischer Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 1 ...

in Santiago de Chile. The event was won by

Borislav Ivkov Borislav Ivkov (12 November 1933 – 14 February 2022) was a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979. Ivkov was a three-time Yugos ...

and

Luděk Pachman Luděk Pachman (German: Ludek Pachmann, May 11, 1924 – March 6, 2003) was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in ...

. In 1969, he tied for 4-5th in Quito (zonal; Eleazar Jiménez and

Olavo Yépez Olavo Yépez Obando (20 August 1937 – 17 May 2021) was an Ecuadorian chess master. He was born in San Gabriel in the Carchi province of Ecuador. Yépez won the Ecuadorian Chess Championship at Pichincha 1962, took 9th at Mar del Plata 1962 ...

won). Sánchez played for Colombia in four Chess Olympiads. * In 1954, at third board in the

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in Amsterdam (+5 –4 =9); * In 1956, at second board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+7 –2 =10); * In 1958, at second board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+4 –5 =10); * In 1966, at first reserve board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+7 –3 =5). He was awarded the International Master title in 1951.

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