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Spanish chess player
Ramon Rey Ardid
(20 December 1903, Zaragoza ? 21 January 1988) was a Spanish
chess
master.
[1]
He was
Spanish champion
from 1929 to 1942.
He was a psychiatrist and professor at the Zaragoza University. In 1924, he played for Spain in first unofficial
Chess Olympiad
in Paris (+4 ?5 =4) where took team 10th place and shared 21st in Consolation Cup (B tournament,
Karel Hromadka
won).
[2]
In 1928, he won the pre-Olympic tournament in Madrid, but later resigned from participation in the 2nd Olympiad at The Hague.
In 1929, he tied for 4-5th in Barcelona (
Jose Raul Capablanca
won) and took his first Spanish Champion title. In 1929 he won a match for the Spanish title against
Manuel Golmayo
(+4 ?1 =2). He defended the title, winning matches: against R. Casas (+5 ?1 =0) in 1933, Vicente Almirali Castall (+5 ?0 =2) in 1935,
Juan Manuel Fuentes
(+5 ?1 =1) in 1942, and lost the title to
Jose Sanz Aguado
(+3 ?4 =3) in 1943.
In tournaments and matches, he took 2nd, behind
Andor Lilienthal
, at Sitges 1934; won a match against
Victor Kahn
(+2 ?0 =4) at Zaragoza 1935; shared 1st in Hastings 1935/36 (B tournament).
[3]
In 1944, Rey Ardid lost a match to
Alexander Alekhine
(+0 ?1 =3) and won against
Francisco Lupi
(+5 ?1 =0), both in Zaragoza. He won at Madrid 1946 (Casa de Alba).
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