Chess – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:38:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Chess – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuelan Chess Player Gets FM Title At 88 https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelan-chess-player-gets-fm-title-at-88/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-chess-player-gets-fm-title-at-88 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:37:50 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=9957

It’s a record that won’t be easy to beat: getting an official FIDE title when you’re 88. That’s what happened to three-time Venezuelan champion Salvador Diaz Carias from Caracas, now living in San Cristobal. He received the FM title shortly before turning 88 last Wednesday. Full Text -> Chess

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