Luís Santos (born 30 June 1955) is a Portuguese

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

chess player born in Lisbon. He won the

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in 1978, 1979 and 1982. In 1980, he played International Master

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in Spain. His opponent took two hours and 20 minutes considering two possible knight moves for his 7th move, which the chess.com website records as one of the slowest moves ever. Santos was awarded the title of International Master (IM) in 1986 and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (ICCGM) in 1990.International Correspondence Chess Federation player details
Retrieved February 5, 2013.

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