About Juan Manuel Rivarola
Lived 1899 – 1985 (aged 85–86). Juan Manuel Rivarola was an Argentine chess player.
Juan Manuel Rivarola (8 August 1899 – 1985) was an Argentine chess player, and organizer who contributed to the development of chess in Argentina in the early and mid-20th century.
Biography Juan Manuel Rivarola was one of the strongest chess players of Argentina in the 1920s–1930s. In 1926, he ranked 5th in Argentine Chess Championship. He was participant of several chess tournaments held in Argentina.
Juan Manuel Rivarola played for Argentina in the Chess Olympiad: In 1927, at second board in the 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+0, =7, -8).
His book Autobiografía ajedrecística retold of memories of notable chess players- Emanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine, Richard Réti, Siegbert Tarrasch, as well as about the chess life in Argentina before and after the Second World War.
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Who was Juan Manuel Rivarola?
chess player
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Juan Manuel Rivarola was born on 8 August 1899 in Rosario.
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Juan Manuel Rivarola died in 1985.
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Juan Manuel Rivarola was a chess player.
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Juan Manuel Rivarola was Argentine.
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