Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos

Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos (29 December 1919 - November 1996) was a Brazilian chess player. He was a Brazilian Chess Championship silver medalist (1950).

Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos
CountryBrazil
Born(1919-12-29)29 December 1919
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died11.1996
Brasília, Brazil

Biography

Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos has participated in twelve Brazilian Chess Championships (1948-1985) and won a silver medal in 1950.[1] In 1951, he represented Brazil in World Chess Championship South America Zonal tournament.

Fernando played for Brazil in the Chess Olympiad:[2]

In 1977, Fernando won the Brasília City Chess Championship. In 1989, he won the Brazilian Senior Chess Championship.

In 1952-1954 Fernando led the chess department in the newspaper Diário de Notícias and was co-editor of the chess magazine Chess Carioca.

He developed and actively applied in the later tournaments the Chess opening: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. a4.

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References
  1. "BrasilBase". www.brasilbase.pro.br.
  2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Fernando Vasconcellos". www.olimpbase.org.
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