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René Letelier Martner (21 February 1915, San Bernardo, Chile

San Bernardo, Chile

San Bernardo is a Chilean city and commune. It is the capital of the Maipo Province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardo.-Demographics:...

– 2 July 2006, Santiago de Chile) was a Chilean chess

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...

player with the title of International Master.

Biography

He played in many Chilean Chess Championships. In 1932, he took 4th place (Enrique Reed won). In 1934, he took 2nd, behind Mariano Castillo

Mariano Castillo

Mariano Castillo Larenas was a Chilean chess master.He won nine times Chilean Chess Championship ....

. Finally, Letelier was Chilean Champion in 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964, and 1973.

He played for Chile in seven Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...

In 1939, at third board in 8th Chess Olympiad
8th Chess Olympiad
The 8th Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , comprised an 'open' tournament, as well as a Women's World Championship contest...

in Buenos Aires (+4 –8 =1);
In 1950, at third board in 9th Chess Olympiad
9th Chess Olympiad
The 9th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia .The final results were as follows:-Final :The...

in Dubrovnik (+4 –5 =6);
In 1956, at second board in 12th Chess Olympiad
12th Chess Olympiad
The 12th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 31 and September 25, 1956, in Moscow, Soviet Union.-References:...

in Moscow (+5 –3 =9);
In 1960, at first board in 14th Chess Olympiad
14th Chess Olympiad
The 14th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 26 and November 9, 1960, in Leipzig, East Germany.-References:...

in Leipzig (+7 –4 =8);
In 1964, at first board in 16th Chess Olympiad
16th Chess Olympiad
The 16th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 2 and November 25, 1964, in Tel Aviv, Israel.-References:* OlimpBase...

in Tel Aviv (+4 –7 =5);
In 1966, at first board in 17th Chess Olympiad
17th Chess Olympiad
The 17th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 23 and November 20, 1966, in Havana, Cuba.-References:* OlimpBase...

in Havana (+4 –6 =7);
In 1974, at fourth board in 21st Chess Olympiad
21st Chess Olympiad
The 21st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between June 6 and June 30, 1974, in Nice, France.-References:* OlimpBase...

in Nice (+3 –4 =1).

In tournaments, Letelier tied for 11-12th at Mar del Plata 1936 (Isaias Pleci

Isaias Pleci

Isaías Pléci was an Argentine chess master.-Chess tournaments:Pléci was the Argentine Champion in 1929 to 1930. He won at Buenos Aires 1928 and lost a match for the title to Roberto Grau . later, he won in 1929 and won a match against Grau in 1930...

won). In 1937, he took 2nd, behind Rodrigo Flores

Rodrigo Flores

Rodrigo Flores Álvarez was a Chilean engineer and chess master.-Chess:Flores was Chilean Champion eleven times: 1931, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1961, and 1965....

, in São Paulo. In 1938, he tied for 12-14th in Montevideo (Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...

won).

In 1945, he took 5th in Viña del Mar (Carlos Guimard

Carlos Guimard

Carlos Enrique Guimard was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. He was born in Santiago del Estero.-Biography:Guimard was thrice Argentine Champion. In 1936, he won the ARG-ch 15 Mayor, and in 1937 a match for the title against Roberto Grau . In 1937/38, he won a match against Luis Piazzini...

won). In 1945, he tied for 2nd-5th with Carlos Skalicka

Karel Skalicka

Karel Skalička was a Czech–Argentine chess master.In 1924, he won a team gold medal for Czechoslovakia in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris. He took 3rd in group eliminations , and tied for 21-31st in the major tournament...

, Enrique Reinhardt

Heinrich Reinhardt

Heinrich Reinhardt a German–Argentine chess master.In 1932, he tied for 3rd-5th in Hamburg–Altona . In 1935, he won a match against Herbert Taube in Hamburg . In 1937, he tied for 3rd-4th in Berlin...

and Moshe Czerniak

Moshe Czerniak

-Biography:In 1930 Moshe Czerniak took ninth at Warsaw in an event won by Paulino Frydman. In 1934 Czerniak emigrated from Poland to Palestine . In April 1935, he tied for 7th–8th in Tel Aviv . He was Palestinian Champion in 1936 and 1938. In April 1939, he played in the First Lasker Chess Club...

in Quilmes (Gideon Stahlberg

Gideon Ståhlberg

Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg was a Swedish chess grandmaster.He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nordic champion in 1929, and held it until 1939....

won). In 1946, he tied for 1st with Skalička, followed by Movsas Feigins

Movsas Feigins

Movsas Feigins or Movša Feigins was a Latvian chess master.-Biography:Movsas Feigins was born in Dvinsk, . He won at Riga 1930, and was Latvian Champion in 1932 . In 1932, he tied for 3rd–5th at Riga. The event was won by Vladimirs Petrovs...

, Jorge Pelikán

Jirí Pelikán

Jiří Pelikán was a Czech–Argentine chess master.In 1935, Jiří Pelikán tied for 2nd-4th in Luhačovice then won in Prague . In 1936, he tied for 7-8th in Poděbrady . In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Novi Sad . In 1936, he won in Prague...

, etc., in Buenos Aires (Circulo La Regence). In 1946, he took 3rd, behind Gideon Ståhlberg

Gideon Ståhlberg

Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg was a Swedish chess grandmaster.He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nordic champion in 1929, and held it until 1939....

and Herman Pilnik

Herman Pilnik

Herman Pilnik was an Argentine chess Grandmaster.-Career:...

, in Paraná. In 1946, he took 11th in Mar del Plata (Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation....

won).

In 1947, he took 2nd, behind Ståhlberg, in Buenos Aires (3rd Grau Memorial). In 1947, he took 4th in Buenos Aires (Moshe Czerniak

Moshe Czerniak

won). In 1948, he tied for 4-5th in Buenos Aires (Najdorf won). In 1949, he tied for 6-9th in Mar del Plata (Hector Rossetto

Héctor Rossetto

Héctor Decio Rossetto was one of the best chess players in Argentine history.He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960....

won). In 1949, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Guimard, in Velez Sarsfield. In 1950, he tied for 5-7th in Venice (Alexander Kotov

Alexander Kotov

Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific chess author. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation and most of his books were written during the period of Cold War between the...

won).

In 1951, he took 8th in Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires (1st zonal; Erich Eliskases

Erich Eliskases

Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a chess Grandmaster of the 1930s and 1940s, who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition....

and Julio Bolbochán

Julio Bolbochan

Julio Bolbochán was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948.Born in Buenos Aires, he represented Argentina in seven Chess Olympiads from 1950 to 1970....

won). In 1951/52, he took 3rd in San Rafael (Eliskases won). In 1952, he tied for 11-13th in Mar del Plata (Bolbochán and Rossetto won). In 1953, he tied for 6-7th in Mar del Plata (Svetozar Gligorić

Svetozar Gligoric

Svetozar Gligorić is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia...

won). In 1954, he won, ahead of Ossip Bernstein

Ossip Bernstein

Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein was a Russian chess grandmaster and a financial lawyer.-Biography:...

and Najdorf, in Montevideo. In 1955, he took 12th in Mar del Plata (Boris Ivkov

Borislav Ivkov

Borislav Ivkov is a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was the first ever World Junior Champion in 1951. He won the Yugoslav Championship in 1958 , 1963 and 1972. He was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979...

won).

In 1957, he tied for 7-8th in Rio de Janeiro (3rd zonal; Oscar Panno

Oscar Panno

Oscar R. Panno is an Argentine chess Grandmaster.Panno won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1953, and also won the championship of Argentina the same year....

won). In 1958, he tied for 11-12th in Mar del Plata (Bent Larsen

Bent Larsen

Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish chess Grandmaster and author. Larsen was known for his imaginative and unorthodox style of play and he was the first western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union's dominance of chess...

won). In 1959, he took 7th in Lima (Ivkov and Luděk Pachman

Ludek Pachman

Luděk Pachman was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he was allowed to emigrate to West Germany...

won). In 1959, he tied for 9-10th in Santiago (Ivkov and Pachman won).
In 1959, he took 5th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf and Pachman won). In 1960, he took took 4th in Asunción (Gligorić and László Szabó

László Szabó (chess player)

László Szabó was a prominent Hungarian Grandmaster of chess.Born in Budapest, he burst onto the international chess scene in 1935, at the unusually young age of 18...

won).

In 1960, he tied for 8-10th in São Paulo (4th zonal; Julio Bolbochán won). In 1960, he took 7th in Mar del Plata (Boris Spassky

Boris Spassky

Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from late 1969 to 1972...

and Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer was also a best-selling chess author...

won). In 1961, he took 6th in Santa Fe (Robert Byrne won). In 1961, he took 6th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1962, he tied for 15-16th in Mar del Plata (Lev Polugaevsky

Lev Polugaevsky

Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky was an International Grandmaster of chess and frequent contender for the world chess championship, although he never achieved that title...

won). In 1963, he tied for 3rd-5th in Havana (Pan-American; Eleazar Jiménez

Eleazar Jiménez

Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera was a Cuban chess master.Jiménez won the Cuban Championship five times, in 1957, 1960, 1963, 1965, and 1967. He won the Pan American Chess Championship three times, in 1963, 1966 and 1970....

won). In 1963, he took 13th in Havana (2nd Capablanca Memorial; Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi ; pronounced in the original Russian as "karch NOY"; Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й, born March 23, 1931 is a professional chess player, author and currently the oldest active grandmaster on the tournament circuit...

won).

In 1964, he took 17th in Buenos Aires (Tigran Petrosian

Tigran Petrosian

Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his playing style because of his almost impenetrable defence, which emphasised safety above all else...

and Paul Keres

Paul Keres

Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

won). In 1964, he tied for 17-18th in Havana (3rd Capablanca Memorial; Vasily Smyslov

Vasily Smyslov

Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won...

and Wolfgang Uhlmann

Wolfgang Uhlmann

Wolfgang Uhlmann is a prominent German International Grandmaster of chess. Despite being a dedicated professional chess player, and undoubtedly the GDR's most successful ever, he has also had a career in accountancy.-Chess career:...

won). In 1964, he took 5th in Jerusalem. In 1965, he took 9th in Santiago (Smyslov won). In 1966, he tied for 10-11th in Havana (Pan-American; Jimenez won).

In 1967, he took 15th in Havana (5th Capablanca Memorial; Larsen won). In 1971, he took 15th in Havana (8th Capablanca Memorial; Vlastimil Hort

Vlastimil Hort

Vlastimil Hort is a chess Grandmaster of Czech nationality. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's strongest players and reached the Candidates stage of competition for the world chess championship, but was never able to compete for the actual title.Hort was born in Kladno,...

won). In 1972, he tied for 6-9th in La Serena (Vladimir Savon

Vladimir Savon

Vladimir Andreyevich Savon was a Ukrainian chess player.He learned how to play late, at the age of 13....

won). In 1975, he tied for 8-11th in Buenos Aires (Samuel Schweber

Samuel Schweber

Samuel Schweber is an Argentine chess player.Schweber played in several Argentine chess championships. He was 7-8th in 1956 , 4-6th in 1960 , 2nd in 1963 , 3rd in 1965 , 5-8th in 1967 , 2nd in 1968 , 3rd-4th in 1969 , 3rd-4th in 1980 Samuel Schweber (born 16 July 1936) is an Argentine chess...

won).

Letelier was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1960.

Notable chess games

External links

René Letelier at 365Chess.com

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