León Schorr

Venezuelan chess player

León Schorr
Country	Venezuela
Born	1934 (age 89–90)
Title	Candidate Master (2014)
Peak rating	2215 (July 2001)

León Schorr (born 1934) is a Venezuelan chess master.

He tied for 6-7th at Caracas 1960 (blitz tournament, Antonio Medina won ahead of Bobby Fischer),^[1] and won Torneo Día de Galicia in 1961.^[2]

Schorr played for Venezuela and won gold medal in the 2nd Central American and Caribbean Team Chess Championship at Caracas 1964,^[3] and bronze team medal in the 9th CACAC Team-ch at Guatemala 1971.^[4] He also represented Venezuela in Chess Olympiads at Tel Aviv 1964, Havana 1966, Lugano 1968, and Haifa 1976.^[5]

In 2001, he played in Boston US-Open.^[6]

References

^ "Los Venezolanos que derrotaron a Fischer". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
^ "Ajedrez". Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
^ "OlimpBase :: 2nd CACAC Team Chess Championship, Caracas 1964, information".
^ "OlimpBase :: 9th CACAC Team Chess Championship, Guatemala 1971, Venezuela".
^ "Home". olimpbase.org.
^ http://www.sport-stat.ru/chess/players.php?id=24371^{[permanent dead link]}