Boris de Greiff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Colombian chess player and writer
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Place of Birth: MedellĂn, Antioquia Department, Colombia
About Boris de Greiff
- Boris de Greiff Bernal (13 February 1930 – 31 October 2011) was a Colombian chess master and writer, born in MedellĂn and son of the Colombian poet LeĂłn de Greiff. Student in San Bartolome Mayor School], in 1951, he won the Colombian Championship in Bogotá.
- In 1955, he took 16th in Mar del Plata (Borislav Ivkov won).
- In 1957, he won in Caracas (zonal).
- In 1958, he took 20th in PortoroĹľ (interzonal; Mikhail Tal won).
- In 1958, he took 9th in Bogotá (Oscar Panno won).
- In 1962, he took 18th in Havana (1st Capablanca Memorial; Miguel Najdorf won).
- In 1963, he took 20th in Havana (2nd Capablanca Memorial; Viktor Korchnoi won).
- In 1963, he took 7th in Havana (Torneo Panamericano; Eleazar Jiménez won).
- In 1969, he tied for 1st–2nd with Miguel Cuéllar in Bogotá.
- In 1970, he tied for 8–10th in Bogotá (Henrique Mecking won).
- In 1973, he took 15th in Cienfueogos (10th Capablanca Memorial; Vasily Smyslov won). De Greiff played for Colombia in nine Chess Olympiads. In 1954, at second board in 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+8 –6 =4); In 1956, at third board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+7 –3 =9); In 1958, at third board in 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+2 –2 =15); In 1966, at third board in 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+4 –4 =8); In 1970, at first reserve board in 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+3 –4 =1); In 1972, at fourth board in 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+4 –4 =8); In 1974, at first reserve board in 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+6 –0 =6); In 1976, at first reserve board in 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+4 –0 =3); In 1978, at first reserve board in 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+0 –1 =2).He died in Bogotá.
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