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Argentine chess player
Juan Manuel Rivarola
CountryArgentina
Born(1899-08-08)8 August 1899
Rosario, Argentina
Died1985 (aged 85–86)

Juan Manuel Rivarola (8 August 1899 – 1985) was an Argentine chess player.

Biography

Juan Manuel Rivarola was one of the strongest chess players of Argentina in the 1920s–1930s. In 1926, he ranked 5th in Argentine Chess Championship. He was participant of several chess tournaments held in Argentina.

Juan Manuel Rivarola played for Argentina in the Chess Olympiad:

His book Autobiografía ajedrecística (transl. Chess autobiography) are very interesting text with memories on Emanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine, Richard Réti, Siegbert Tarrasch, as well as about the chess life in Argentina before and after the Second World War.

References

  1. "Campeonatos Argentinos tablas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Juan Rivarola". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. Juan Manuel Rivarola

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