Ronald Câmara (11 April 1927 – 29 June 2015) was a Brazilian

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player, two times

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winner (1960, 1961), FIDE International Arbitr, chess writer and administrator.

Biography

In the 1960s Ronald Câmara was one of Brazil's leading chess players. He twice won

s in 1960 and 1961. Ronald Câmara twice participated in

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s South American Zonal tournaments (1960, 1963). Also he twice won Brazil state

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Chess Championship (1952, 1960). Ronald Câmara was member of the panel of judges of the

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and

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Chess Olympiads, and chief arbiter of the

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in 1978. He was Vice President of the

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(1970-1976) and President of the FIDE South American Zone (1974-1978). Ronald Câmara was author of a number of chess articles in the journals ''O Povo'' and ''Diário do Nordeste'' (1979-1989). Ronald Câmara graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Ceara (1952). He was

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employee. Ronald Câmara was oldest brother of Brazilian chess master

Hélder Câmara Hélder Pessoa Câmara (7 February 1909 – 27 August 1999) was a Brazilian Catholic archbishop. A self-identified socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characteriz ...

and nephew of Brazilian Catholic archbishop

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chess games at 365chess.com 1927 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Fortaleza Brazilian chess players Chess writers Chess administrators 20th-century chess players {{Brazil-chess-bio-stub