Javier Ochoa de Echagüen
Javier Ochoa de Echagüen | |
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Country | Spain |
Born | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | 4 September 1954
Title | International Master (IM) (1981) |
FIDE rating | 2414 (January 2022) |
Peak rating | 2455 (July 1995) |
Javier Ochoa de Echagüen (Basque: Javier Otxoa de Etxaguen; born 4 September 1954), is Basques origin Spanish chess International Master (IM) (1981), Spanish Chess Championship medalist (1993), Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist (1984).
Biography[]
In 1974, Javier Ochoa de Echagüen won the Spanish Junior Chess Championship. In 1989, he won the Spanish Rapid Chess Championship and an international chess tournament in Andorra. In 1993, Javier Ochoa de Echagüen became the silver medal winner of the Spanish Chess Championship.
Javier Ochoa de Echagüen played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads:[1]
- In 1976, at second reserve board in the 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+1, =2, -1),
- In 1982, at second reserve board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+4, =3, -1),
- In 1984, at first reserve board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+6, =2, -1) and won individual gold medal,
- In 1986, at fourth board in the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai (+2, =4, -2),
- In 1988, at second reserve board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4, =4, -1).
In 1981, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. Javier Ochoa de Echagüen is president of the Spanish Chess Federation and president of Iberoamerican Chess Federation (FIBDA).
References[]
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Javier Ochoa de Echagüen". www.olimpbase.org.
External links[]
- Javier Ochoa de Echaguen player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Javier Ochoa de Echagüen chess games at 365chess.com
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Spanish chess players
- Chess International Masters
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- Chess administrators
- European chess biography stubs
- Spanish sportspeople stubs