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João Mário Ribeiro

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João Mário Ribeiro
CountryPortugal
Born(1929-06-10)10 June 1929
Died21 September 2021(2021-09-21) (aged 92)

João Mário Ribeiro (10 June 1929 – 21 September 2021) was a Portuguese chess player, three-time Portuguese Chess Championships winner (1954, 1963, 1971).

Biography

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From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s João Mário Ribeiro was one of Portugal's leading chess players. He three times won Portuguese Chess Championships: 1954, 1963, and 1971. In 1954, in Munich João Mário Ribeiro participated in World Chess Championship Zonal tournament.[1]

João Mário Ribeiro played for Portugal in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

Ribeiro died on 21 September 2021, at the age of 92.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Zonal 1 :: Munich 1954". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: João Mário Ribeiro". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "Faleceu o histórico mestre João Mário Ribeiro". FPX. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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