Rosalba Patiño (born 1960) is a Colombian
chess player,
Colombian Women's Chess Champion (1977).
Biography
From the begin of 1970s to begin of 1980s, Rosalba Patiño was one of Colombia's leading female chess players. In 1977, in
Bogotá
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she won Colombian Women's Chess Championship. In 1978, in
Cali
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Rosalba Patiño participated in
Women's World Chess Championships Central American Zonal tournament and ranked in 5th place. In 1980, in
Córdoba she shared 3rd-4th place in 1st
Pan American Women's Chess Championship.
Rosalba Patiño played for Colombia in the
Women's Chess Olympiads:
* In 1974, at second board in the
6th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Medellín
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(+0, =3, -4),
* In 1976, at first reserve board in the
7th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Haifa (+2, =3, -3),
* In 1978, at second board in the
8th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Buenos Aires (+5, =4, -3),
* In 1980, at first reserve board in the
9th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Valletta (+5, =2, -3).
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1960 births
Living people
Colombian female chess players
Colombian chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century chess players
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