Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye

Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye
Country	Spain
Born	(1938-08-12) 12 August 1938
Title	FIDE Master (FM)

Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye (born 12 August 1938) is a Spanish chess FIDE Master (FM), Spanish Team Chess Championship winner (1973).

Biography

From the end of 1950s to the mid-1970s, Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye was one of Spain's leading chess players. He has won five medals at the Spanish Team Chess Championships with chess clubs La Caja de Canaries and Real Madrid: gold (1973), three silver (1956, 1964, 1974) and bronze (1976).

Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads:

• In 1964, at fourth board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+1, =3, -7),
• In 1966, at third board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+4, =3, -8).

Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye played for Spain in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:

• In 1961, at ninth board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =1, -1),
• In 1970, at fourth board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -0),
• In 1973, at seventh board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =0, -0).

Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye played for Spain in the European Team Chess Championship:

• In 1970, at eighth board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship in Kapfenberg (+0, =2, -5).

External links

• Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye rating card at FIDE
• Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye chess games at 365Chess.com