Victorio Manuel Riego Prieto (1 February 1932 – 12 June 2009), was a Paraguayan chess player, three-times

Paraguayan Chess Championship The Paraguayan Chess Championship is the national chess championship of Paraguay. It was inaugurated by The Paraguayan Chess Circle, founded in 1938 as Paraguay's first club devoted exclusively to chess. The Paraguayan Chess Circle continued to run ...

winner (1963, 1972, 1977).

Biography

From the begin of 1960s to the mid-1990s Victorio Riego Prieto was one of Paraguay's leading chess players. He three times won

s: 1963, 1972, and 1977. In 1969, in

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Victorio Riego Prieto participated in World Chess Championship South American Zonal tournament and shared 14th–15th place. Victorio Riego Prieto played for Paraguay in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1968, at third board in the

18th Chess Olympiad The 18th Chess Olympiad ( it, Le 18º Olimpiadi degli scacchi), 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 seve ...

in Lugano (+10, =2 -3), * In 1978, at third board in the

23rd Chess Olympiad The 23rd Chess Olympiad ( es, La 23a Olimpíada de ajedrez), 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. and a women's tournament, as well a ...

in Buenos Aires (+2, =4, -3), * In 1986, at fourth board in the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai (+4, =2, -4), * In 1988, at first reserve board in the

28th Chess Olympiad The 28th Chess Olympiad ( el, Η 28η Σκακιστική Ολυμπιάδα, ''I 28i Skakistikí Olympiáda''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division ...

in Thessaloniki (+3, =1, -4), * In 1994, at fourth board in the

31st Chess Olympiad The 31st Chess Olympiad (russian: 31-я Шахматная олимпиада, ''31-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male an ...

in Moscow (+3, =1, -7), * In 1996, at second reserve board in the

32nd Chess Olympiad The 32nd Chess Olympiad ( hy, 32-րդ Շախմատային օլիմպիադա, ''32-rd Shakhmatayin olimpiadan''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male ...

in Yerevan (+3, =1, -3). Victorio Riego Prieto played for Paraguay in the Pan American Team Chess Championships: * In 1971, at second board in the 1st Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Tucuman (+0, =5, -2), * In 1987, at first reserve board in the 3rd Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Junín (+3, =0, -2), * In 1995, at first reserve board in the 5th Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Cascavel (+1, =0, -3).

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