Joaquim Durão
Encyclopedia
Joaquim Manuel Durão is a Portuguese
chess player
. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion
, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation
.
As of 2011, he is still an active player.
He was born in Lisbon
.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
chess player
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
. An International Master, he was 13 times Portuguese champion
Portuguese Chess Championship
The Portuguese Chess Championship is a yearly national chess championship of Portugal. It was established in 1911, but only from the 1950's it was played yearly, with a few exceptions....
, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads, and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation
Portuguese Chess Federation
The Portuguese Chess Federation is the governing body for chess in Portugal. It is affiliated to FIDE. Its president is Jorge Antão.-Portuguese Team Championship:...
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As of 2011, he is still an active player.
He was born in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
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