Jesús Nogueiras
Jesús Nogueiras | |
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Country | Cuba |
Born | Santa Clara, Cuba | July 17, 1959
Title | Grandmaster (1979) |
FIDE rating | 2473 (February 2022) |
Peak rating | 2580 (July 1993) |
Jesús Nogueiras Santiago (born in Santa Clara, Cuba, July 17, 1959) is a Cuban chess grandmaster. He was a World Championship Candidate in 1985, finishing 2nd at the Taxco 1985 Interzonal, but 15th out of 16 at the 1985 Candidates Tournament.
Major tournament victories include winning the Cuban Chess Championship five times (1977 (tie), 1978, 1984 (tie), 1991, and 2000) the Capablanca Memorial in 1984 and the Torre Memorial in 1997.
External links[]
- Jesus Nogueiras player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Chess grandmasters
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- Cuban chess players
- Living people
- North American chess biography stubs
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