Raimundo García (27 May 1936 – 13 October 2020) was an Argentine

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 ...

master.

Career

At the beginning of his career, he took 7th at Santa Fe 1956 (

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won). Then he tied for 10-11th in

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(

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won) in 1958, tied for 6-7th at Quilmes 1959 (

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won), and tied for 3rd-5th at Buenos Aires 1961 (ARG-ch,

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won). García won at Mar del Plata 1962 (''Torneo Latino-americano''), and was Argentine Champion in 1963. In 1963 he won a match against

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(3 : 2) in Buenos Aires, tied for 7-9th at Fortaleza 1963 (zonal, Rossetto won), and took 10th at Buenos Aires 1964 (

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won). He tied for 5-6th at Buenos Aires / Rio Hondo 1966 (zonal,

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won), tied for 3rd-4th at Mar del Plata 1969 (zonal, Najdorf and

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won) and lost a match (play-off) to Mecking (0.5 : 2.5) at São Paulo 1969, took 14th at Buenos Aires 1970 (

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won), and tied for 3rd-4th at Mar del Plata 1976 (

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and

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won). García played for Argentina in

Chess Olympiads 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 ...

: * In 1964, at second board in

16th Chess Olympiad The 16th Chess Olympiad ( he, אולימפיאדת השחמט ה-16, ''Olimpiada ha-shachmat ha-16''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female ...

in Tel Aviv (+7 –5 =6); * In 1966, at first reserve board in

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in Havana (+4 –2 =2); * In 1968, at second reserve board in

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in Lugano (+2 –2 =3); * In 1972, at second board in

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in Skopje (+5 –7 =9).OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
/ref> He was awarded the IM title in 1964.

References

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