Maria Teresa Mora
María Teresa Mora Iturralde (born October 15, 1902 in Cuba , † October 3, 1980 in La Habana ) was a Cuban chess player .
At the age of eleven she played her first tournament in the Havana Chess Club. She was the only person who received chess lessons from José Raúl Capablanca . Mora was also the first and so far only woman to win the Cuban Chess Championship in 1922 . She achieved the title of Cuban Women's Champion for 22 years in a row from 1938 to 1960.
She was twice a participant in challenger tournaments of the chess world champion . She finished 7./8. Place 1939 in Buenos Aires (winner Vera Menchik ), and 10/11. 1949/50 in Moscow (winner Lyudmila Wladimirowna Rudenko ). She played her last game in 1962 in correspondence chess by phone against the Colombian Anita de Sánchez .
Mora was named International Women's Champion (WIM) in 1950 and was one of the first 17 players to be awarded this title.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Habana Radio: “En La Habana hubo otro genio del ajedrez” ( Memento from February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ El Ajedrez en Cuba: "Los campeones de ajedrez de Cuba"
- ↑ La Jiribilla: "¡Ay, qué pena, cómo le he ganado!"
- ↑ Women's World Cup Buenos Aires 1939
- ↑ I Campionati del mondo femminile
- ↑ World Chess Championship (women): 1949–1950 Title Tournament
Web links
- María Teresa Mora Iturralde on EcuRed.cu (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mora, Maria Teresa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mora Iturralde, María Teresa (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cuba |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd October 1980 |
| Place of death | La Habana |