Peter Toth (born 7 September 1940) 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 disti ...
FIDE master (FM).
Biography
In the first half of 1970s Peter Toth was one of Brazil's leading chess players. He regularly participated in
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-eliminatio ...
s. His best results was shared 3rd-5th place in 1970 and ranked 4th after play-off in 1972. Peter Toth twice participated in
Pan American Chess Championship
The Pan American Chess Championship, also American continental Championship is an individual chess tournament organized since 1945.
First pan American championships (1945 and 1954)
The first Pan American Chess Championship was held in Hollywood ...
s (2009, 2019).
Peter Toth played for Brazil in the
Chess Olympiads:
* In 1970, at fourth 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 ...
in
Siegen
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North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly sho ...
(+2, =4, -4),
* In 1972, at fourth board in the
20th Chess Olympiad
The 20th Chess Olympiad ( mk, 20. Шаховска олимпијада, ''20. Šahovska olimpijada''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed t ...
in
Skopje
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The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
(+8, =4, -2),
* In 1974, at second reserve 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 ...
in
Nice
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(+3, =3, -4).
Peter Toth played for Brazil in the World Student Team Chess Championship:
* In 1968, at third board in the 15th World Student Team Chess Championship in
Ybbs
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Its source is located on the Zellerrain Pass near Mariazell. In the beginning, the river is called , then onwards from the border between Lower Austria and Styria up to Lunz am See it i ...
(+4, =6, -3).
References
External links
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Peter Tothchess games at 365chess.com
1940 births
Living people
Chess FIDE Masters
Brazilian chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century chess players
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