Gilberto García (chess player)

Gilberto Garcia
CountryCuba
Born(1919-09-02)2 September 1919
Diedunknown

Gilberto Garcia (2 September 1919 — unknown) was a Cuban chess player.

Biography

From the 1940s to the 1960s Gilberto Garcia was one of the leading Cuban chess players. In 1947, he won the International Chess Tournament City of Havana ahead of Donald Byrne and Edward Lasker. In 1963, in Havana Gilberto Garcia participated in the Pan American Chess Championship and ranked in 12th place.[1] In the same year he participated in World Chess Championship Central American Zonal tournament and ranked in 7th place.

Gilberto Garcia played for Cuba in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

In 2019, in honor of the centenary Gilberto Garcia memorial tournaments are held in Cuba.[3]

References

  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: 4th Pan-American Chess Championship :: Havana 1963". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Gilberto Garcia". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ Gilberto Garcia in Memoriam 2019


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