Manuel Rivas Pastor
Manuel Rivas Pastor is a Spanish chess Grandmaster, four times Spanish Chess Championship winner.
Biography
From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Manuel Rivas Pastor was one of Spain's leading chess players. He has competed many times in the finals of Spanish Chess Championships, where winning four gold medals. His first international success was in 1977, when he sharing the 7th place in the U20 World Junior Chess Championships in Innsbruck. Manuel Rivas Pastor achieved another significant result at the turn of 1979 and 1980 in Groningen, where he shared the 4th place in the European Junior Chess Championship in the same age category.Manuel Rivas Pastor has achieved several successes in international chess tournaments, including in Medina del Campo, Torremolinos, Isla de Santa Catalina, Salamanca, Albacete, Lorca, Malaga Open, Almería, Ourense, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Seville and in Paul Keres Memorial Tournament.
Manuel Rivas Pastor played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads:
- In 1978, at second reserve board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires,
- In 1980, at fourth board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta,
- In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki,
- In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki,
- In 1992, at first board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila.
- In 1989, at first board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Haifa,
- In 1992, at first board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen,