León Schorr

Venezuelan chess player

León Schorr

Country| Venezuela
Born| 1934 (age 89-90)
Title| Candidate Master (2014)
Peak rating| 2215 (July 2001)

León Schorr (born 1934) is a Venezuelan chess master.

He tied for 6-7th at Caracas 1960 (blitz tournament, Antonio Medina won ahead of Bobby Fischer),[1] and won Torneo Día de Galicia in 1961.[2]

Schorr played for Venezuela and won gold medal in the 2nd Central American and Caribbean Team Chess Championship at Caracas 1964,[3] and bronze team medal in the 9th CACAC Team-ch at Guatemala 1971.[4] He also represented Venezuela in Chess Olympiads at Tel Aviv 1964, Havana 1966, Lugano 1968, and Haifa 1976.[5]

In 2001, he played in Boston US-Open.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Los Venezolanos que derrotaron a Fischer". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
2. ^ "Ajedrez". Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
3. ^ "OlimpBase :: 2nd CACAC Team Chess Championship, Caracas 1964, information".
4. ^ "OlimpBase :: 9th CACAC Team Chess Championship, Guatemala 1971, Venezuela".
5. ^ "Home". olimpbase.org.
6. ^ http://www.sport-stat.ru/chess/players.php?id=24371[permanent dead link‍]

## External links

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* Leon Schorr player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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