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Josep Vilardebò i Picurena

1902 – 1995

Spanish chess player

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Lived 1902 – 1995 (aged 93). Josep Vilardebò i Picurena was a Spanish chess player.

José Vilardebó Picurena (; 11 November 1902 – 26 December 1995) was a Spanish chess player, Spanish Chess Championship bronze medalist, three-times Catalan Chess Championship winner (1926, 1928, 1935).

Biography José Vilardebó Picurena was one of the strongest chess players in Spain at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. He won bronze medal in Spanish Chess Championship (1946) and three times won Catalan Chess Championship (1926, 1928, 1935). Also José Vilardebó Picurena won silver medal in Catalan Chess Championship (1923). He was participant of international chess tournaments in Barcelona (1929, 1946) and co-founder of the Barcelona Chess Club (1921).

José Vilardebó Picurena played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads: In 1927, at third board in the 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+0, =10, -5), In 1931, at second board in the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague (+1, =12, -3).

José Vilardebó Picurena played for Spain in the chess radio match with the Argentine national team (1946).

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Who was Josep Vilardebò i Picurena?

Spanish chess player (1902–1995)

When was Josep Vilardebò i Picurena born?

Josep Vilardebò i Picurena was born on 11 November 1902 in Barcelona.

When did Josep Vilardebò i Picurena die?

Josep Vilardebò i Picurena died on 26 December 1995.

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Josep Vilardebò i Picurena was a chess player.

What nationality was Josep Vilardebò i Picurena?

Josep Vilardebò i Picurena was Spanish.

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· Wikipedia: Josep Vilardebò i Picurena

· Wikidata: Q620671

· DBpedia: José Vilardebó Picurena

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