Carlos Torre Repetto

Carlos Torre Repetto
Torre at the Moscow 1925 tournament
Full nameCarlos Jesús Torre Repetto
CountryMexico
Born(1904-11-29)29 November 1904
Mérida, Yucatán
Died19 March 1978(1978-03-19) (aged 73)
Mérida, Yucatán
TitleGrandmaster (1977)

Carlos Jesús[1] Torre Repetto (29 November 1904[1][2][note 1] – 19 March 1978) was a Mexican chess player and the first from his country to be awarded the title of grandmaster, which was accorded by FIDE in 1977.

  1. ^ a b Carlos Torre's birth certificate, Geneanet
  2. ^ Golombek, US Census 1920, Shakhmatny Slovar, Torre, www.myheritage.es (Baptism date: 1 December 1904)


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