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31 octubre 2011

ADIOS A UN GRANDE


MUERE EL MAESTRO INTERNACIONAL BORIS DE GREIFF BERNAL


El Ajedrez de Colombia está de luto


Lamentable noticia para el Ajedrez de Colombia, víctima de una enfermedad que venía padeciendo y de la cual no pudo reponerse falleció hoy el Maestro Internacional y Arbitro Internacional BORIS DE GREIFF BERNAL, nacido en Medellín el 13 de Febrero de 1930, representó a Colombia en varias Olimpiadas Mundiales de Ajedrez como Jugador y Arbitro. Considerado como uno de los mejores escritores colombianos en temas de Ajedrez, columnista de varios periódicos y revistas colombianas. "PAZ EN SU TUMBA"


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Boris de Greiff Bernal (born 13 February 1930) is a Colombian chess master and writer, born in Medellín and son of the late Colombian poet León de Greiff.

In 1951, he won the Colombian Championship in Bogotá. In 1955, he took 16th in Mar del Plata (Borislav Ivkov won). In 1957, he won in Caracas (zonal). In 1958, he took 20th in Portorož (interzonal; Mikhail Tal won). In 1958, he took 9th in Bogotá (Oscar Panno won). In 1962, he took 18th in Havana (1st Capablanca Memorial; Miguel Najdorf won). In 1963, he took 20th in Havana (2nd Capablanca Memorial; Viktor Korchnoi won). In 1963, he took 7th in Havana (Torneo Panamericano; Eleazar Jiménez won). In 1969, he tied for 1st-2nd with Miguel Cuéllar in Bogotá. In 1970, he tied for 8-10th in Bogotá (Henrique Mecking won). In 1973, he took 15th in Cienfueogos (10th Capablanca Memorial; Vasily Smyslov won).

Boris de Greiff played for Colombia in nine Chess Olympiads.[1]

He won the individual gold medal at Haifa 1976, and the silver medal at Nice 1974.

He was awarded the title of International Master in 1957 and International Arbiter in 1978.[2] He was elected an Honorary Member of FIDE in 2002.