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This Week's World Chess Column: Remembering Arturo Pomar
Friday, June 3, 2016 at 2:46PM
tagged AGON, Arturo Pomar
Arturo Pomar, the first Spanish grandmaster, died last week (May 26) at the age of 84. Pomar became famous when he was just 13 when he drew with then-World Champion Alexander Alekhine in a tournament game. While he didn't grow into a world championship level player, he did enjoy a successful career in the game. To list only his most bare-bones achievements, he became an IM in 1950 (when FIDE first started issuing titles), a GM in 1962, and a 7-time Spanish champion.
More information about Pomar (and a selection of his games) on the Wikipedia, Chess.com, and Chess History pages.