Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles
CountryCuba
Born(1939-07-02)2 July 1939
Died1995 (aged 55—56)
TitleInternational Master (1972)

Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles (2 July 1939 — 1995) was a Cuban chess player, three-times Cuban Chess Championship winner (1969, 1971, 1972).

Biography

In the 1960s and 1970s Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles was one of the leading Cuban chess players. He three times won Cuban Chess Championships: in 1969, 1971 and 1972. Also Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles was silver medalist of the Pan American Chess Championship in 1966.

Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles played for Cuba in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles played for Cuba in the Panamerican Team Chess Championship:[2]

He was chess trainer of the Latin American Institute of Chess and chess writer. In Cuba, memorial tournaments are held in Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles honor.[3]

References

  1. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. "OlimpBase :: Panamerican Team Chess Championship :: Jesús Rodríguez Gonzáles". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. Buides, Nibaldo Calvo. "EN MEMORIA DE JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ: UN GRANDE DEL AJEDREZ CUBANO".


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