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Salvador Díaz

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Salvador Díaz
CountryVenezuela
Born (1933-06-23) 23 June 1933 (age 91)
TitleFIDE Master (2021)
Peak rating2121 (July 2012)

Salvador Díaz Carias (born 23 June 1933) is a Venezuelan chess FIDE Master (FM) (2021) and two-time Venezuelan Chess Championship winner (1960, 1978).

Biography

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Salvador Díaz developed into one of Venezuela's leading chess players between 1953 and 1960. Beginning in 1961, he reduced his chess activities and worked initially as a mathematics teacher, and from 1965 on as a programmer at IBM.

At the Venezuelan Chess Championship in 1958, Díaz came in shared first place but lost the playoff 2.5 : 3.5 against Antonio Medina García. In 1960, he won the title in Maracaibo with 10.5 points from 11 games and defended it in 1961 in a match against Celso Sánchez Pouso. Díaz was able to win the national championship again in 1978.

Díaz took part in several World Chess Championship Zonal Tournaments:

  • in 1957 in Caracas he reached 8th place with 6 points from 13 games,[1]
  • in 1967 in Caracas he finished 7th with 4.5 points from 10 games,[2]
  • in 1972 in Bogotá he came 12th with 6 points from 15 games.[3]

Díaz played for Venezuela in the Chess Olympiads:[4]

In 2021, at the age of 88, Díaz was awarded the title of FIDE Master based on his performance in tournaments in the 1960s.[5]

References

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  1. ^ The World Chess Championship Zonals 1957-1960
  2. ^ The World Chess Championship Zonals 1966-1969
  3. ^ The World Chess Championship Zonals 1972-1975
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Salvador Diaz". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. ^ Venezuelan Chess Player Gets FM Title At 88
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