Joaquim Durão

Portuguese chess player

Joaquim Durão
Durão playing at the 2009 International Tournament at Figueira da Foz
Country	Portugal
Born	(1930-10-25)25 October 1930 Lisbon, Portugal
Died	21 May 2015(2015-05-21) (aged 84)
Title	International Master (1975)
Peak rating	2360 (May 1974)

Joaquim Manuel Durão (25 October 1930 – 21 May 2015) was a Portuguese chess player.^[1] An International Master since 1975.^[1] Durão took part in The Gijon International Chess Tournaments (1955 and 1965).^[2] He was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads,^[3] and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation.^[4] in 1975 zonal he tied for an interzonal qualifying place but lost play-off to Sergio Mariotti.

He remained active until 2015.

He was born in Lisbon.^[1]

Notable games

Perez Perez vs. Durão 0-1, Beerwijk 1961 - the Portuguese master sacrifices his queen for a tempo

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 101, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
^ Mendez, Pedro; Mendez, Luis (2019). The Gijon International Chess Tournaments. McFarland. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-4766-7659-3.
^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Joaquim Manuel Durão". olimpbase.org.
^ "Morreu o mestre internacional de xadrez Joaquim Durão - Desporto - DN". DN (in Portuguese).