Guillermo Garcia; Chess Grand Master
Guillermo Garcia, 36, Cuban chess grand master. Garcia, Cuban champion in 1974, 1977 and 1983, first drew international attention at age 14 when he defeated Argentine grand master Oscar Panno. He had played on Cuban national chess teams in world competition since 1974. In 1982 he was an early leader in the Moscow tournament held to select a challenger for the world championship. On Friday near Havana in an auto accident.
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