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Rogelio Ortega (chess Player)
Rogelio Ortega (28 March 1915 — after 1980) was a Cuban chess player, two-times Cuban Chess Championship winner (1958, 1966). Biography In the 1960s Rogelio Ortega was one of the leading Cuban chess players. He twice won Cuban Chess Championship in 1958 and 1966. Also Rogelio Ortega was silver medalist of the Cuban Chess Championship in 1969. He was participant in several major international chess tournaments: several Capablanca Memorial, Chigorin Memorial, Emanuel Lasker, Lasker Memorial, two Rubinstein Memorial, U.S. Open Chess Championship and others. In 1967, Rogelio Ortega represented Cuba in the Zonal Chess tournament of the World Chess Championship 1969, World Chess Championship cycle. Rogelio Ortega played for Cuba in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1952, at first reserve board in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+5, =1, -6), * In 1962, at fourth board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna, Bulgaria, Varna (+11, =3, -5), * In 1964, at fourth board in the 16th Chess Olympiad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola ( Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |