Manuel Larrea

Gustavo Manuel Larrea Llorca (born 9 February 1980) is an Uruguayan chess player who holds the title of FIDE Master (FM) (2006). He is three-time Uruguayan Chess Championship winner (2010, 2013, 2015) and Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (2006).

Biography

Manuel Larrea won the Uruguayan Chess Championship three times (2010, 2013,[1] 2015[2]), once winning a silver medal (2014[3]).

Manuel Larrea played for Uruguay in the Chess Olympiads:[4]

In 2002, at the fourth board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+3, =3, -5),
In 2004, at the second reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià (+1, =2, -3),
In 2006, at the third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+7, =0, -1), winning an individual gold medal,
In 2008, at the second board in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+2, =2, -5),
In 2010, at the second board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+2, =4, -4),
In 2014, at the first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+2, =1, -6),
In 2016, at the fourth board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+3, =0, -5).[5]

He also played for Uruguay in the World Junior Team Chess Championship (1998)[6] and the Panamerican Team Chess Championship (2013).[7]

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