Román Hernández Onna

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Román Hernández Onna
CountryCuba
Born(1949-11-23)23 November 1949
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Died1 June 2021(2021-06-01) (aged 71)
TitleGrandmaster (1978)
Peak rating2500 (January 1979)

Román Hernández Onna (23 November 1949 – 1 June 2021[1]) was a Cuban Grandmaster (GM) (1978), Cuban Chess Championship winner (1982).

Biography

From the 1970s to the 1990s, Román Hernández Onna was one of Cuba's leading chess players. He won

Bogota (1978, behind Efim Geller), shared 3rd-4th place in Quito (1978), 2nd place in Havana (1978, behind Silvino García Martínez) and the first place in this city in 1983, as well as two third place in the 'Premier' tournaments in Capablanca Memorial
(1999 and 2003).

Román Hernández Onna played for Cuba in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

Román Hernández Onna played for Cuba in the World Team Chess Championship:[3]

  • In 1989, at reserve board in the 2nd World Team Chess Championship in Lucerne (+1, =4, -1).

Román Hernández Onna played for Cuba in the Pan American Team Chess Championships:[4]

  • In 1971, at first reserve board in the 1st Panamerican Team Chess Championship in
    Tucuman
    (+1, =0, -1) and won team silver medal,
  • In 1991, at first reserve board in the 4th Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Guarapuava (+3, =0, -1) and won team and individual gold medals.

Román Hernández Onna played for Cuba in the World Student Team Chess Championships:[5]

  • In 1963, at first reserve board in the 10th World Student Team Chess Championship in Budva (+2, =3, -3),
  • In 1969, at third board in the 16th World Student Team Chess Championship in Dresden (+5, =2, -6),
  • In 1972, at second board in the 19th World Student Team Chess Championship in Graz (+3, =7, -0),
  • In 1976, at third board in the 21st World Student Team Chess Championship in Caracas (+5, =4, -1) and won team bronze medal.

In 1975, Román Hernández Onna was awarded the FIDE

FIDE Trainer
(2014).

References

  1. ^ Fallece el Gran Maestro cubano de ajedrez Román Hernández (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Román Hernández". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: World Team Chess Championship :: Román Hernández". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: Panamerican Team Chess Championship :: Román Hernández". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. ^ "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Román Hernández". www.olimpbase.org.

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