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in the first round, but forfeited the first game due to getting lost between
Russian airports. He lost the second game. In 2008, Iturrizaga won an online qualifier for the C-group in the 2009
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in the final. Iturrizaga was the last person to arrive at the tournament, had to play one game at night, and nearly arrived late for one of the matches.
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when he was seven, and it was upon his return to
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in 2008, making him the first
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Iturrizaga learned to move the chess pieces at age five. "I opened with
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of the same event, he was eliminated in round one again, this time by
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from 2005 to 2008, and has been playing for
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691:"Iturrizaga la gran figura del Iberoamericano de Ajedrez"
799:"Arkadij Naiditsch wins another trophy in Switzerland"
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155:(born 1 November 1989) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish
343:. In January 2015 Iturrizaga tied for 1st–5th with
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693:(in Spanish). Boletín Digital Universitario de la
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355:Chess Festival. In 2017, Iturrizaga won the 21st
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203:. For me that was all", he recalls. He moved to
16:Venezuelan-Spanish chess grandmaster (born 1989)
561:"5 tie for 1st at the Continental Championship"
31: and the second or maternal family name is
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665:"Iberoamericano: Granda nuevo campeón"
281:in the second round, having defeated
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153:Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli
61:Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli
458:. 22 November 2010. Archived from
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638:"Corus 2009 pairings and results"
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222:Iturrizaga won four consecutive
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285:3.5 - 2.5 in the first round.
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292:Open Chess Championship with
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327:Iturrizaga competed in the
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801:. Chessdom. 6 January 2015
721:"Chess in Khanty-Mansiysk"
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821:"The Week in Chess 1188"
277:. He was knocked out by
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748:. Chessdom. 2010-04-10
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224:national championships
925:Spanish chess players
538:"Iturrizaga, Eduardo"
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377:queen's pawn openings
242:. He was set to face
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275:Chess World Cup 2009
267:San Jose, Costa Rica
236:Chess World Cup 2007
209:International Master
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314:Aleksej Aleksandrov
232:37th Chess Olympiad
199:and to connect the
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876:Eduardo Iturrizaga
867:Eduardo Iturrizaga
861:Eduardo Iturrizaga
847:Eduardo Iturrizaga
825:theweekinchess.com
779:on 12 October 2012
385:Accelerated Dragon
365:Jorden Van Foreest
333:Alexander Onischuk
294:Viorel Iordachescu
52:Iturrizaga in 2023
41:Eduardo Iturrizaga
773:The Week in Chess
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