Walter Estrada Degrandi (1924 – 1990) was a
Uruguayan
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chess
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player, nine-time
Uruguayan Chess Championship The Uruguayan Chess Championship (''Campeonato Uruguayo de Ajedrez'') is the national chess championship of Uruguay.
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winner (1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1979).
Biography
From the 1950s to the 1970s Walter Estrada Degrandi was one of Uruguayan leading chess players. He nine time won
Uruguayan Chess Championship The Uruguayan Chess Championship (''Campeonato Uruguayo de Ajedrez'') is the national chess championship of Uruguay.
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List of champions*
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s: 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, and 1979. Walter Estrada Degrandi three times participated in World Chess Championship South American Zonal tournaments (1954, 1960, 1978).
Walter Estrada Degrandi played for Uruguay in the
Chess Olympiad
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* In 1962, at first board in the
15th Chess Olympiad
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in
Varna
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* Varna (Šaba ...
(+3, =4, -9),
* In 1978, at first board in the
23rd Chess Olympiad
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in
Buenos Aires
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(+1, =1, -4).
Walter Estrada Degrandi played for Uruguay in the
Pan American Team Chess Championship
The Pan American Team Chess Championship is an international team chess tournament open to national federations affiliated to FIDE in the Americas. It is organized by the Confederation of Chess for America (CCA), and the winner qualifies to partic ...
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* In 1971, at third board in the 1st Panamerican Team Chess Championship in
Tucuman (+1, =1, -3).
References
External links
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Walter Estrada Degrandichess games at 365chess.com
1930 births
2007 deaths
Uruguayan chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century chess players
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