Luis Augusto Sánchez (20 July 1917 – 1981) was a Colombian

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master. He won the Colombian Chess Championship six times (1938, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1958, and 1962). He broke out on the international stage in 1938 by winning the chess tournament at the first Bolivarian Games in Bogotá. In 1951, he won in Caracas (zonal). In 1952, he took 17th in Stockholm (interzonal;

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won). In 1957, he took 3rd in Caracas (zonal; Boris de Greiff won). In 1958, he took 8th in Bogotá (1st Torneo de las Americas;

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won). In 1959, he tied for 4-6th with Raúl Sanguineti and

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in Santiago de Chile. The event was won by

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and

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. In 1969, he tied for 4-5th in Quito (zonal; Eleazar Jiménez and Olavo Yépez won). Sánchez played for Colombia in four

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. * In 1954, at third board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+5 –4 =9); * In 1956, at second board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+7 –2 =10); * In 1958, at second board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+4 –5 =10); * In 1966, at first reserve board in the

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in Havana (+7 –3 =5). He was awarded the

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title in 1951.

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* 1917 births 1981 deaths Colombian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Chess International Masters 20th-century chess players 20th-century Colombian people {{Colombia-chess-bio-stub