Victorio Riego Prieto

Victorio Manuel Riego Prieto (1 February 1932 – 12 June 2009), was a Paraguayan chess player, three-times Paraguayan Chess Championship winner (1963, 1972, 1977).

Biography[]

From the begin of 1960s to the mid-1990s Victorio Riego Prieto was one of Paraguay's leading chess players. He three times won Paraguayan Chess Championships: 1963, 1972, and 1977. In 1969, in Mar del Plata Victorio Riego Prieto participated in World Chess Championship South American Zonal tournament and shared 14th–15th place.^[1]

Victorio Riego Prieto played for Paraguay in the Chess Olympiads:^[2]

• In 1968, at third board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+10, =2 -3),
• In 1978, at third board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+2, =4, -3),
• In 1986, at fourth board in the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai (+4, =2, -4),
• In 1988, at first reserve board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+3, =1, -4),
• In 1994, at fourth board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3, =1, -7),
• In 1996, at second reserve board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+3, =1, -3).

Victorio Riego Prieto played for Paraguay in the Pan American Team Chess Championships:^[3]

• In 1971, at second board in the 1st Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Tucuman (+0, =5, -2),
• In 1987, at first reserve board in the 3rd Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Junín (+3, =0, -2),
• In 1995, at first reserve board in the 5th Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Cascavel (+1, =0, -3).

References[]

External links[]

• Victorio Riego Prieto player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Victorio Riego Prieto chess games at 365chess.com

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