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Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera (born 27 October 1961) is a Guatemalan
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FIDE Master (FM), three-time Guatemalan Chess Championship winner (1989, 1990, 1992) and
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Biography

Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera was one of the leading Guatemalan chess players in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won three Guatemalan Chess Championships: 1989, 1990, and 1992. He also won a bronze medal in this tournament in 1991. Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera played in FIDE Zonal tournaments three times: 1998, 2000, and 2004. Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera played for Guatemala in the
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(+4, =4, -3). Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera played for Guatemala in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship: * In 1980, at the fourth board in the 2nd World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship in
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(+2, =1, -5). Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera is also known as a chess life organizer. He is the Technical Director of the Guatemalan Chess Federation.


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Carlos Antonio Reyes Nájera
chess games at 365chess.com 1961 births Living people Guatemalan chess players Chess FIDE Masters Chess Olympiad competitors {{Guatemala-bio-stub