Carlos Silva Sánchez

Carlos Silva Sánchez (born 19 June 1944) is a Chilean chess FIDE master (FM) and five-time Chilean Chess Championship winner (1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976).

Carlos Silva
Full nameCarlos Silva Sánchez
CountryChile
Born (1944-06-19) 19 June 1944
San Fernando, Chile
TitleFIDE Master
Peak rating2407 (January 1999)

Biography

From the late 1960s to the early 2000s, Carlos Silva Sánchez was one of Chile's leading chess players. In the Chilean Chess Championships he won 5 gold medals (1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976) and one silver medal (1993). Carlos Silva Sánchez participated in World Chess Championship South American Zonal tournaments six times (1969, 1972, 1975, 1987, 1998, 2000).[1] In 1970, in Havana, he ranked 11th in the 7th Pan American Chess Championship.[2]

Carlos Silva Sánchez played for Chile in the Chess Olympiads:[3]

Carlos Silva Sánchez played for Chile in the Pan American Team Chess Championships:[4]

  • In 1971, at the fourth board in the 1st Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Tucuman (+3, =1, -1), winning an individual silver medal,
  • In 1985, at the fourth board in the 2nd Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Villa Gesell (+3, =2, -1), winning team and individual bronze medals,
  • In 1987, at the fourth board in the 3rd Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Junín (+4, =1, -2), winning team and individual silver medals,
  • In 1995, at the first board in the 5th Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Cascavel (+3, =1, -2).

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