Luis Lisandro Roux Cabral (17 November 1913 [1] - 1973) was a Uruguayan chess master. He was born in Montevideo.
He won the Uruguayan Chess Championship twice, in 1948 and 1971, [2] and played for Uruguay in the Chess Olympiads of 1939, 1964 and 1966. [3]
In the Uruguay Championship of 1943, Roux Cabral defeated Molinari with a brilliant sacrificial attack; the combination is known as " The Uruguayan Immortal". [4] Fred Reinfeld annotated the game on pages 11–12 of the Chess Correspondent, May–June 1944. His final remark was: "A game destined for immortality." [5]
Luis Lisandro Roux Cabral (17 November 1913 [1] - 1973) was a Uruguayan chess master. He was born in Montevideo.
He won the Uruguayan Chess Championship twice, in 1948 and 1971, [2] and played for Uruguay in the Chess Olympiads of 1939, 1964 and 1966. [3]
In the Uruguay Championship of 1943, Roux Cabral defeated Molinari with a brilliant sacrificial attack; the combination is known as " The Uruguayan Immortal". [4] Fred Reinfeld annotated the game on pages 11–12 of the Chess Correspondent, May–June 1944. His final remark was: "A game destined for immortality." [5]