Olavo Yépez

Olavo Yépez
Full name	Olavo Yépez Obando
Country	Ecuador
Born	(1937-08-20)20 August 1937 San Gabriel, Carchi, Ecuador
Died	17 May 2021(2021-05-17) (aged 83)
Title	International Master (1969)
Peak rating	2390 (January 1979 FIDE rating list)[1]

Olavo Yépez Obando (20 August 1937 – 17 May 2021) was an Ecuadorian chess master.

He was born in San Gabriel in the Carchi province of Ecuador. Yépez won the Ecuadorian Chess Championship at Pichincha 1962, took 9th at Mar del Plata 1962 (Torneo Latino-americano, Raimundo García won),[2] tied for 3rd–6th at Havana 1966 (Pan American Chess Championship, Eleazar Jiménez won),[3] played at Caracas 1967 (zonal, Miguel Cuéllar won), took 2nd, behind Silvino Garcia Martinez, at Santa Clara 1968, shared 1st with Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera at Quito/Guayaquil 1969 (zonal),[4] took 15th at Caracas 1970 (Oscar Panno, Leonid Stein and Lubomir Kavalek won), took 3rd at Caracas 1973 (Kenneth Frey Beckman won), and took 2nd, behind Jorge Rubinetti, at Quito 1975.[5]

Olavo Yépez played thrice for Ecuador in Chess Olympiads (Tel Aviv 1964, Havana 1966, and Nice 1974) at first board.[6]

He was awarded the International Master title in 1969.

He died of cancer on 17 May 2021, at the age of 83.[7]

References

1. "Yepez, Olavo". Olimpbase. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
2. "Mar del Plata 1962 – Torneio Latino-Americano". brasilbase.pro.br. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
3. "La Habana 1966 -Torneo Panamericano". Archived from the original on 16 February 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
4. "BOLETIN INFORMATIVO". Archived from the original on 2 January 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
5. "Welcome to the Chessmetrics site". chessmetrics.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
6. Wojciech Bartelski. "OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess". Archived from the original on 12 February 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
7. Redaction. "El ajedrecista ecuatoriano Olavo Yépez Obando falleció a los 83 años". El Comercio.

External links

• Olavo Yépez games at chessgames.com