César Muñoz Vicuña (1929–2000) was an Ecuadorian chess master. An amateur, he was an engineer by profession.[1][2]
He played for Ecuador at first board in the fourth World Student Team Chess Championship at Reykjavík 1957 (+3 –6 =4), where he beat already reputed Fridrik Olafsson, and Bent Larsen.
At the 14th Chess Olympiad at Leipzig 1960 (+9 –3 =7), the unknown Ecuadorian caused a sensation in the preliminaries of the Leipzig Olympiad when he beat Bobby Fischer.[3]
In 1962, he took second place, behind Olavo Yépez, in Pichincha (ECU-ch); and took seventh place at Quito 1969 (zonal; Eleazar Jiménez and Olavo Yépez Obando won).[4]
For a number of years he was chair of the Ecuadorean Sports Association, and the Complejo Deportivo César Muñoz Vicuña was named after him.
Notable chess games
edit- Bent Larsen vs César Muñoz, Reykjavík 1957, 4th World Student Team Chess Championship, English, A15, 0-1
- Robert James Fischer vs César Muñoz, Leipzig 1960, 14th Olympiad, Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, B77, 0-1
- Ecuadorian Defeated a 'Hostile Alien Force' that had an IQ Greater than Albert Einstein!
References
edit- ^ "El ajedrez ya es de todos: Abril 2008". Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ "Short biography by Tim Krabbé (Dutch)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess". Archived from the original on 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ Chessmetrics website Archived April 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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