Ramon Rey Ardid

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Ramón Rey Ardid (born December 20, 1903 in Saragossa , † January 21, 1988 ibid) was a Spanish chess player and psychiatrist .

Rey Ardid was a psychiatrist by profession and from 1966 as a professor at the University of Saragossa , he translated the writings of Sigmund Freud into Spanish.

In 1924 he took part in the first ever amateur world championship in Paris , which was also considered the unofficial Chess Olympiad . In 1928 he won a qualifying tournament for the amateur world championship in Madrid , but later had to forego participation in The Hague . In 1929 he was split 4th – 5th in Barcelona . (Tournament winner José Raúl Capablanca ). In 1930 he won the Spanish championship after a match against Manuel Golmayo Torriente (+4 = 2 −1). He was able to defend his title in several of the following competitions: against Jaime Casas (+5 = 0 −1) in 1933, against Vicente Almirall Castell (+5 = 2 −0) in 1935, against Juan Manuel Fuentes (+5 = 1 −1) in 1942 He lost the championship in 1943 to José Sanz Aguado (+3 = 3 −4).

His other international successes include a second place in Sitges in 1934 (after Andor Lilienthal ), a competition victory over Victor Kahn (+2 = 4 −0) in Saragossa in 1935 and a shared first place in the B tournament in Hastings 1935/36. In 1944 Rey Ardid lost a match against world champion Alexander Alekhine (+0 = 3 −1) and defeated Francisco Lupi (+5 = 0 −1), both matches took place in Saragossa. In 1946 he won in Madrid.

It reached its highest historical rating of 2575 in July 1934.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ramón Rey Ardid's results at unofficial Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Ramón Rey Ardid's historical Elo numbers on chessmetrics.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Rey Ardid, Ramón
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish chess player and psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Zaragoza
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1988
Place of death Zaragoza