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Maltese chess player
Wilfrid Attard
CountryMalta
Bornunknown
Died(2001-11-23)23 November 2001

Wilfrid Godfrey Attard (unknown – 23 November 2001) was a Maltese chess player and administrator, twelve-times Maltese Chess Championship winner (1946, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1980).

Biography

Wilfrid Attard was twelve-time Maltese Chess Championship winner (1946, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1957–1961, 1963, 1964 and 1980). Also he was silver medalist of the 1996 Malta Chess Championship.

Wilfrid Attard played for Malta in the Chess Olympiads:

In 1960, 1964 and 1981 Wilfrid Attard represented Malta in World Chess Championships European Zonal tournaments. In the 1960 tournament, he defeated one of the winners of the tournament, Arturo Pomar.

Wilfrid Attard served as President of the Malta Chess Federation.

References

  1. "Heard in the Hive". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  2. "Latest Local News". www.chessmalta.com. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  3. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Wilfred Attard". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. "OlimpBase :: All-Time Player History :: Attard, Wilfred". www.olimpbase.org.

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