León Schorr
León Schorr (? – ?) a Venezuelan chess master.
He tied for 6-7th at Caracas 1960 (blitz tournament, Antonio Medina won ahead of Bobby Fischer),[1] and won Torneo Día de Galicia in 1961.[2]
Schorr played for Venezuela and won gold medal in the 2nd Central American and Caribbean Team Chess Championship at Caracas 1964,[3] and bronze team medal in the 9th CACAC Team-ch at Guatemala 1971.[4] He also represented Venezuela in Chess Olympiads at Tel Aviv 1964, Havana 1966, Lugano 1968, and Haifa 1976.[5]
In 2001, he played in Boston US-Open.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 2nd CACAC Team Chess Championship, Caracas 1964, information".
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 9th CACAC Team Chess Championship, Guatemala 1971, Venezuela".
- ^ http://www.olimpbase.org
- ^ http://www.sport-stat.ru/chess/players.php?id=24371[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Leon Schorr player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Categories:
- Venezuelan Jews
- Venezuelan chess players
- Jewish chess players
- Living people
- South American chess biography stubs
- Venezuelan sportspeople stubs