María Teresa Mora
Cuban chess player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
María Teresa Mora Iturralde (15 October 1902 – 3 October 1980) was a Cuban chess master.[1]
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María Teresa Mora Iturralde | |
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Country | Cuba |
Born | (1902-10-15)October 15, 1902 Havana, Cuba |
Died | October 3, 1980(1980-10-03) (aged 77) Havana, Cuba |
Title | Woman International Master (1950) |
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Born in Havana, she is the only person who received direct lessons from José Raúl Capablanca.[2] Mora was the first woman to win the Cuban Chess Championship (in 1922).[3][4]
She was twice a challenger for the Women's World Champion. She tied for seventh/eighth place at Buenos Aires 1939 (Vera Menchik won),[5][6] and 10-11th at Moscow 1949/50 (Lyudmila Rudenko won).[7]
Mora was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1950.[8] She was born and died in Havana.[8]