Esteban Canal

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Esteban Canal (April 19, 1896 – February 14, 1981) was a leading Peruvian chess player who had his best tournament results in the 1920s and 1930s.

1 Birth and Life
2 As a chess player
3 National teams
4 Death
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Birth and Life

Born in Chiclayo, Peru, he moved to Italy in the 1920s and remained there.^[1]

[edit] As a chess player

Canal was placed 2nd at Trieste 1923, 2nd= at Merano 1926, 10th at Budapest 1929, 10th=/22 at Carlsbad 1929, 7th= at Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn 1929, 2nd at Budapest 1932, 4th= at Bad Sliac, 1st at Budapest 1933, 5th= at Mähritsch-Ostrau 1933, and 1st= at Reus 1936. After World War II, he was placed 2nd= at Venice 1947, 6th= at Bad Gastein 1948, 2nd= at Venice 1948, and 12th= at Venice 1949.^[1]^[2]

[edit] National teams

Canal played in one Chess Olympiad, representing Peru on board 1 in 1950 at Dubrovnik.^[3]FIDE made him an International Master in 1950 and an honorary Grandmaster in 1977.^[4]

[edit] Death

He died in Varese, Italy in 1981.^[4]

Canal had an even record against Max Euwe. He won in Venice in 1948 (moves given in algebraic chess notation):

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. c3 Bc5 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. Nf5 Bb6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. h3 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Be3 Ne4 17. Rc1 Re8 18. g4 Qf6 19. Qa4 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rxc6 Rd6 22. Rxd6 Nxd6 23. Qc6 Rb8 24. Qxd5 Qd7 25. Bf4 h6 26. Ne5 Qa4 27. Nc6 Rf8 28. f6 Re8 29. Re7 1-0.

Canal played his most famous game, sometimes called the "Peruvian Immortal," at a simultaneous exhibition. In just 14 moves, he sacrificed both his rooks and his queen to finish with Boden's mate.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Golombek, Harry, ed. (1977), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 55, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
^ Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 62, LCCN 78-106371
^ Canal, Estaban team chess record at olimpbase.org
^ ^a ^b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 62, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6