Antonio Palacios Lanza

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palacios and the second or maternal family name is Lanza.
This article is about the Venezuelan chess player. For the Italian philologist, see Antonio Lanza.
Antonio Palacios Lanza
CountryVenezuela
Born (1952-11-13) 13 November 1952 (age 72)
TitleInternational Master (1978)
Peak rating2370 (January 1978)

Antonio Palacios Lanza (born 13 November 1952) is a Venezuelan chess International Master (IM) (1978), Venezuelan Chess Championship winner (1976), Chess Olympiad individual silver medal winner (1988).

Biography

From the mid-1970s to the end of the 1980s, Antonio Palacios Lanza was one of Venezuela's leading chess players. He won Venezuelan Chess Championship in 1976. In 1981 Antonio Palacios Lanza participated in Pan American Chess Championship.[1]

Antonio Palacios Lanza played for Venezuela in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

Antonio Palacios Lanza played for Venezuela in the World Student Team Chess Championships:[3]

  • In 1976, at second board in the 21st World Student Team Chess Championship in Caracas (+2, =4, -2),
  • In 1977, at first board in the 22nd World Student Team Chess Championship in Mexico City (+3, =5, -4).

In 1978, Antonio Palacios Lanza was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. He was the trainer and captain of the Women's Venezuelan team in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) (2012).

References

  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: All-Time Player History :: Palacios, António". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: António Palacios". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: António Palacios". www.olimpbase.org.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article relating to a Venezuelan chess figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.