Soledad Gonzalez de Huguet
Huguet in 1954 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Soledad González Pomes de Huguet 24 September 1934 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | December 2012 (aged 78)[1] |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Title | Woman International Master (1957) |
Soledad González Pomes de Huguet (24 September 1934 – December 2012) was an Argentine chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1957). She was a two-time winner of the Argentine Women's Chess Championship (1954, 1956).
Biography
From the late 1950s to the early 1960s, de Huguet was one of the leading Argentine women's chess players. She twice won Argentine Women's Chess Championships: 1954 and 1956. In 1957, in Rio de Janeiro, de Huguet won Women's World Chess Championship South America Zonal Tournament and awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.[2] In 1959, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in Plovdiv and ranked 15th place.[3] In 1963, in Fortaleza, de Huguet ranked 3rd in Women's World Chess Championship South America Zonal Tournament.[4] Huguet is deceased.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Su Sobrina, La Campeona Argentina De Ajedrez Soledad Gonzalez Pomes De Huguet". Pepin De La Lejia Y Su Sobrina Ajedrecista. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Rio de Janeiro 1957 - 3° Torneio Zonal Sulamericano Feminino". brasilbase.pro.br.
- ^ "1959 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com.
- ^ "Fortaleza 1963 - 5° Torneio Zonal Sulamericano Feminino". brasilbase.pro.br.
External links
- Soledad Gonzalez Pomes de Huguet player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Soledad Gonzalez De Huguet chess games at 365Chess.com