Fernando Visier Segovia (born 3 February 1943, Madrid) is a Spanish chess player with the rank of FIDE Master. He won the Spanish Chess Championship twice.
Fernando Visier Segovia | |
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Country | Spain |
Born | (1943-02-03) 3 February 1943 (age 79) Madrid, Spain |
Peak rating | 2226 [1] |
He studied at CEIP San Ildefonso, a school founded in Madrid in 1543. While there, he was one of the choirboys who sang the results of the 1957 Spanish Christmas Lottery.[2]
He won the Spanish Chess Championship in 1968 and 1972.[3] He represented Spain three times at Chess Olympiads: 1968 in Lugano, 1972 in Skopje, and 1974 in Nice.[4] He represented Spain at the 1970 European Men's Team Chess Championship.[5] He played for Spain at the Clare Benedict Chess Cup in 1967 (Leysin, Switzerland), 1968 (Bad Aibling, Germany), 1969 (Adelboden, Switzerland), 1970 (Paignton, England), 1972 (Vienna, Austria) and 1973 (Gstaad, Switzerland).[6] In 2004, he was awarded a Silver Medal for services to sport in Castilla-La Mancha.[7]
These include:[3]
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