Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos
Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos (29 December 1919 - November 1996) was a Brazilian chess player. He was a Brazilian Chess Championship silver medalist (1950).
| Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Born | 29 December 1919 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 11.1996 Brasília, Brazil |
Biography
Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos has participated in twelve Brazilian Chess Championships (1948-1985) and won a silver medal in 1950.[1] In 1951, he represented Brazil in World Chess Championship South America Zonal tournament.
Fernando played for Brazil in the Chess Olympiad:[2]
- In 1952, at second reserve board in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+3, =1, -4).
In 1977, Fernando won the Brasília City Chess Championship. In 1989, he won the Brazilian Senior Chess Championship.
In 1952-1954 Fernando led the chess department in the newspaper Diário de Notícias and was co-editor of the chess magazine Chess Carioca.
He developed and actively applied in the later tournaments the Chess opening: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. a4.
References
- "BrasilBase". www.brasilbase.pro.br.
- "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Fernando Vasconcellos". www.olimpbase.org.
External links
- Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos chess games at 365Chess.com