Miguel Cuéllar
Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná (18 November 1916 – 5 December 1985)[1] was a Colombian chess master from Tinjacá.
Cuéllar won the Colombian championship nine times: in 1941, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, and 1971. He played for Colombia in six Chess Olympiads: 1954, 1956, 1958, 1964, 1970, and 1972. He won individual silver medal at first board (+12 –2 =4) in the 16th Olympiad at Tel Aviv 1964.[2]
He won a bronze medal representing Colombia at the 1938 Bolivarian Games in Bogotá.[3] In 1952, he tied for 3rd-4th in Mar del Plata (Julio Bolbochán and Héctor Rossetto won). In 1953, he took 5th in Mar del Plata (Svetozar Gligorić won). In 1957, he took 7th in Mar del Plata (Paul Keres won). In 1958, he tied for 2nd-3rd with William Lombardy, behind Oscar Panno, in Bogotá.
In 1961, Cuéllar won in Caracas (zonal). In 1962, he placed 22nd at the
He was awarded the
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ Cuéllar Gacharná, Miguel team chess record at olimpbase.org
- ^ "Resultados generales de los Juegos Bolivarianos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 23 August 1938. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ ISBN 0-517-53146-1
- LCCN 78106371
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External links
- Miguel Cuéllar-Gacharna player profile and games at Chessgames.com