Arturo Bonet

Arturo Bonet Polledo was a Spanish chess master.

Bonet lived in Asturias, an autonomous community within the kingdom of Spain. In 1936, he participated in the Barcelona la Olimpiada Obrera, as a replication of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, organised by Nazis.[1]

He tied for 6-7th place at Gijón in 1944 (in the 1st International Tournament, Alexander Alekhine won);[2][3] took 7th place at Gijón in 1945 (2nd place was won by Antonio Rico), but won an individual game against Alekhine.[4][2] Bonet had already beat Alekhine in a simultaneous game at Madrid in 1923.[5] He took 12th place at Gijón in 1949 (Nicolas Rossolimo won 6th place)[6][7] and twice took 3rd place in Asturias championships in 1952 and 1955.[8]

  1. ^ Antonio Rico Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b The Gijón International Chess Tournaments
  3. ^ 1944 Archived 2009-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Vina del Mar Archived 2009-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ The chess games of Arturo Bonet
  6. ^ 1949 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Foro AjedrezAstur :: Ver tema - VI Torneo Internacional de Gijón 1949 Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Campeonato De Asturias Individual Archived October 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine