Juan González de Vega (15 July 1917 — 1990) was a Cuban chess player and Cuban Chess Championship four-times winner (1942, 1943, 1951, 1952).
| Juan González de Vega | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cuba |
| Born | 15 July 1917 |
| Died | unknown |
Biography edit
From the early 1940s to the early 1960s Juan González de Vega was one of the leading Cuban chess players. He four times won the Cuban Chess Championship: 1942, 1943, 1951, and 1952. In 1946, in Manhattan Chess Club he won the U.S. Blitz Chess Championship.
Juan González de Vega played for Cuba in the Chess Olympiad:[1]
- In 1952, at third board in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+6, =7, -3).
In 1962, in Havana he participated in 1st Capablanca Memorial.
In 1963s Juan González de Vega emigrated to the United States and worked as surgery doctor at Manhattan's West Side Hospital.
References edit
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Juan González de Vega". www.olimpbase.org.
External links edit
- Juan Gonzalez de Vega player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Juan González de Vega chess games at 365chess.com
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