Damian Reca
Damián Miguel Reca (1894 – 4 May 1937 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine chess master.
He was Argentine Champion in 1921, 1923, 1924, and 1925.
In 1921, he won at Buenos Aires (1st ARG-ch) and won a match for the *le against Benito Villegas (5:: 2) in 1921/22. He took 7th at Montevideo (Carrasco) 1921/22 (1st Torneo Sudamericano, Roberto Grau won). He tied for 2nd-3rd at Buenos Aires 1922 (2nd ARG-ch, Villegas won). In 1923/24, he won at Buenos Aires (3rd ARG-ch) and won a match for the *le against Villegas (5:: 3). In 1924 and 1925, he was declared Argentine champion without official matches (Reca lost a match against Richard Réti 0.5:: 2.5 at Buenos Aires 1924, and won an unofficial match against Julio Lynch 5.5:: 2.5 in 1925).
He tied for 8-13th in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiads at Paris 1924 (Consolation Cup, Karel Hromadka won). He tied for 2nd-3rd at Montevideo 1925 (2nd Torneo Sudamericano, Luis Palau won). In 1926, he lost a match for the *le (6th ARG-ch) to Grau (3:: 5). He won at Buenos Aires 1927 (7th ARG-ch) but did not win the *le because he refused to play with Grau. He also won at Buenos Aires 1927 (Pentagonal).
Reca represented Argentina in 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928 (+4 –5 =4).
References
Further reading
- British Chess Magazine, 1937, p.:465
External links
- Damian Reca player profile and games at Chessgames.com