Pedro Lamas Baliero

Uruguayan chess player (1941–2024)

Pedro Lamas Baliero
Country	Uruguay
Born	1941 (1941)
Died	February 2024 (aged 82) Uruguay

Pedro Lamas Baliero (1941 – February 2024) was a Uruguayan chess player, two-time Uruguayan Chess Championship winner (1969, 1972).

Biography

Pedro Lamas Baliero was born in 1941.^[1] From the end of 1960s to begin 1990s Pedro Lamas Baliero was one of Uruguayan leading chess players. He twice won Uruguayan Chess Championships: 1969, and 1972. In 1972, in Havana Pedro Lamas Baliero participated in 7th Pan American Chess Championship and ranked in 9th place.^[2]

Lamas Baliero played for Uruguay in the Chess Olympiads:^[3]

In 1974, at first board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+4, =3, -10),
In 1978, at first reserve board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+2, =6, -1),
In 1988, at second reserve board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+1, =3, -1),
In 1990, at second reserve board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad (+1, =5, -1).

Lamas Baliero played for Uruguay in the Pan American Team Chess Championships:^[4]

In 1971, at second board in the 1st Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Tucuman (+0, =2, -4),
In 1987, at fourth board in the 3rd Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Junín (+2, =3, -3).

Lamas Baliero played for Uruguay in the South American Team Chess Championship:^[5]

In 1989, at third board in the 1st South American Team Chess Championship in Mar del Plata (+1, =2, -0).

Lamas Baliero died in February 2024, at the age of 82.^[6]

References

^ "Lamas, Pedro".
^ "OlimpBase :: 7th Pan-American Chess Championship :: Havana 1970". www.olimpbase.org.
^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Pedro Lamas Baliero". www.olimpbase.org.
^ "OlimpBase :: Panamerican Team Chess Championship :: Pedro Lamas Baliero". www.olimpbase.org.
^ "OlimpBase :: South American Team Chess Championship :: Pedro Lamas Baliero". www.olimpbase.org.
^ "Falleció el NM Pedro Lamas Baliero".