Rodolfo Tan Cardoso, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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filipino chess player
Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1937
Place of Birth: Philippines
Date of Death: 21-Aug-2013
Profession: chess player
Nationality: Philippines
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Rodolfo Tan Cardoso
- Rodolfo Tan Cardoso (25 December 1937 – 21 August 2013) was a Filipino chess International Master.
- He earned his title in 1957, making him the first Asian to achieve it. Cardoso was born in Anda, Pangasinan.
- In 1956, he won Philippine Junior Championship.
- In 1957, he took fifth place in the fourth World Junior Championship in Toronto, which was won by William Lombardy with a perfect score of 11-0.
- In the same year, the Pepsi-Cola company sponsored an eight-game match in New York City between Cardoso, the 19-year-old Philippine Junior Champion, and Bobby Fischer, the 14-year-old U.S.
- Junior Champion.
- He was the only Filipino to beat Fischer.
- Fischer claimed the $325 victor's prize with a 6-2 score (+5 –1 =2).In 1957/58, Cardoso won the Baguio City (zonal), thus qualifying him for the 1958 Portorož Interzonal, in which he finished 19th (Mikhail Tal won).
- In this tournament he scored an upset win over David Bronstein in the final round, thereby denying him a place in the 1959 Candidates Tournament.
- He was Philippine Champion in 1958 and 1963.
- He took second place at Christchurch 1967 (New Zealand championship; Yuri Averbakh won).
- In 1974, he tied for first through fourth place in Casablanca.
- In 1974, he took 14th in Manila (Evgeni Vasiukov won).
- In 1975, he tied for 13-14th in Orense.
- In 1975, he took 10th in Las Palmas (Ruy Lopez Memorial; Ljubomir Ljubojevic won). Cardoso played for Philippines in four Chess Olympiads. In 1956, at fourth board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+11 –2 =4); In 1958, at first board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+10 –4 =5); In 1972, at second board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+10 –4 =3); In 1974, at second board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+9 –6 =4).He won the individual silver medal at Moscow 1956 with his winning percentage of .765. He died of a heart attack in Quezon City at the Philippine Heart Center on 21 August 2013.
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