Boris Pineda

Boris Pineda (28 November 1958[1][2] – 11 October 2021) was a Salvadoran engineer and chess player who is considered the most successful player in the history of El Salvador. The National Institute of Sports of El Salvador named him "Chess Player of the 20th century".[3][4]

Boris Pineda
CountryEl Salvador
Born28 November 1958
Died11 October 2021 (aged 62)
San Salvador, El Salvador
TitleFIDE Master
Peak rating2320 (January 1998)

Career

"Science, art, game or sport? Well, they say that chess is too much of a sport to be a science and too much of a science to be a mere sport. And they are right, there is a systematization of knowledge that allows it to be classified as a science, but it has too much game to be seen as such. Physically, a chess game is like a three hour math test..."

Boris Pineda describing chess[5]

He won the Salvadoran Chess Championship a record 8 times (1976, 1977, 1978, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998 and 2003). He was also the only Salvadoran chess player ever to win two medals worldwide: a team gold medal at the Against Chess Olympiad held in Tripoli in 1976, and an individual silver at the 29th Chess Olympiad held in Novi Sad in 1990.[6] He also received the recognition of "Sportsman of the Year" by the Circle of Sport Informers (CID) in 1975, and the " Espiga Dorada" in 1990 and 1994.[7]

References
  1. Felice, Gino Di (16 January 2018). Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016. ISBN 9781476633619.
  2. "The chess games of Boris Pineda".
  3. "Muere el célebre ajedrecista salvadoreño Boris Pineda" [The famous Salvadoran chess player Boris Pineda dies] (in Spanish). ContraPunto. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. Rolando Alvarenga (16 July 2018). "Boris Pineda vuelve a poner su cerebro al servicio del ajedrez" [Boris Pineda puts his brain back at the service of chess] (in Spanish). Diario Co Latino. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  5. "La única disciplina donde se demuestra una diferencia genética entre el hombre y la mujer es el ajedrez" [The only discipline where a genetic difference between men and women is demonstrated is chess] (in Spanish). El Faro. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  6. Miguel Zometa (15 October 2021). "Homenaje a Boris Pineda" [Tribute to Boris Pineda] (in Spanish). Diario Co Latino. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  7. "Colombia rinde homenaje a Boris Pineda" [Colombia pays tribute to Boris Pineda] (in Spanish). INDES. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.


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