# Boris de Greiff > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boris_de_Greiff > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boris_de_Greiff.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_de_Greiff > Source revision: 1295433029 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Colombian chess player and writer (1930–2011)}} {{Infobox chess player |name = Boris de Greiff Bernal |image = |caption = |country = [Colombia](/source/Colombia) |birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|02|13|df=yes}} |birth_place = [Medellín](/source/Medell%C3%ADn), [Antioquia](/source/Antioquia_Department), [Colombia](/source/Colombia) |death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|10|31|1930|02|13|df=yes}} |death_place = [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1), Colombia |title = [International Master](/source/International_Master) (1957) |peakrating = 2370 (July 1972) }} '''Boris de Greiff Bernal''' (13 February 1930 – 31 October 2011{{cite web| url = http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-10676287.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111106101520/http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/otrosdeportes/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-10676287.html| archive-date = 2011-11-06| title = El maestro Boris de Greiff falleci esta lunes en Bogot - Deportes de Colombia y el Mundo - ELTIEMPO.COM}}) was a Colombian [chess master](/source/chess_master) and writer, born in [Medellín](/source/Medell%C3%ADn) and son of the Colombian poet [León de Greiff](/source/Le%C3%B3n_de_Greiff). Student in San Bartolome Mayor School, in 1951, he won the [Colombian Championship](/source/Colombian_Chess_Championship) in [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1). In 1955, he took 16th in Mar del Plata ([Borislav Ivkov](/source/Borislav_Ivkov) won). In 1957, he won in [Caracas](/source/Caracas) (zonal). In 1958, he took 20th in Portorož ([interzonal](/source/interzonal); [Mikhail Tal](/source/Mikhail_Tal) won). In 1958, he took 9th in Bogotá ([Oscar Panno](/source/Oscar_Panno) won). In 1962, he took 18th in [Havana](/source/Havana) (1st Capablanca Memorial; [Miguel Najdorf](/source/Miguel_Najdorf) won). In 1963, he took 20th in Havana (2nd Capablanca Memorial; [Viktor Korchnoi](/source/Viktor_Korchnoi) won). In 1963, he took 7th in Havana (Torneo Panamericano; [Eleazar Jiménez](/source/Eleazar_Jim%C3%A9nez) won). In 1969, he tied for 1st–2nd with [Miguel Cuéllar](/source/Miguel_Cu%C3%A9llar) in Bogotá. In 1970, he tied for 8–10th in Bogotá ([Henrique Mecking](/source/Henrique_Mecking) won). In 1973, he took 15th in Cienfueogos (10th Capablanca Memorial; [Vasily Smyslov](/source/Vasily_Smyslov) won). De Greiff played for Colombia in nine [Chess Olympiad](/source/Chess_Olympiad)s.[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/f9vrt59g.html OlimpBase Men's Chess Olympiads Boris De Greiff]. Olimpbase.org. Retrieved on 2011-11-07. * In 1954, at second board in [11th Chess Olympiad](/source/11th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) (+8 –6 =4); * In 1956, at third board in [12th Chess Olympiad](/source/12th_Chess_Olympiad) in Moscow (+7 –3 =9); * In 1958, at third board in [13th Chess Olympiad](/source/13th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Munich](/source/Munich) (+2 –2 =15); * In 1966, at third board in [17th Chess Olympiad](/source/17th_Chess_Olympiad) in Havana (+4 –4 =8); * In 1970, at first reserve board in [19th Chess Olympiad](/source/19th_Chess_Olympiad) in Siegen (+3 –4 =1); * In 1972, at fourth board in [20th Chess Olympiad](/source/20th_Chess_Olympiad) in Skopje (+4 –4 =8); * In 1974, at first reserve board in [21st Chess Olympiad](/source/21st_Chess_Olympiad) in [Nice](/source/Nice) (+6 –0 =6); * In 1976, at first reserve board in [22nd Chess Olympiad](/source/22nd_Chess_Olympiad) in [Haifa](/source/Haifa) (+4 –0 =3); * In 1978, at first reserve board in [23rd Chess Olympiad](/source/23rd_Chess_Olympiad) in [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires) (+0 –1 =2). He died in Bogotá. ==Awards== * He won the individual gold medal at Haifa 1976, and the silver medal at Nice 1974. * He was awarded the title of [International Master](/source/International_Master) in 1957 and [International Arbiter](/source/International_Arbiter) in 1978.{{citation | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography | publisher=McFarland | isbn=0-7864-2353-6 | page=87}} * He was elected an Honorary Member of [FIDE](/source/FIDE) in 2002. ==References== {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Greiff Bernal, Borisde}} Category:1930 births Category:2011 deaths Category:Colombian chess players Category:Colombian male writers Category:Chess arbiters Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Colombian people of Spanish descent Category:Colombian people of Swedish descent Category:Colombian people of German descent Boris Category:Sportspeople from Medellín Category:20th-century Colombian people Category:20th-century chess players Category:Chess International Masters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Boris de Greiff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_de_Greiff) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_de_Greiff?action=history)). 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