Damian Reca

{{Short description|Argentine chess player}}

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Damián Miguel Reca (1894 – 4 May 1937 in Buenos Aires){{citation

| last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige

| year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography

| publisher=McFarland

| isbn=0-7864-2353-6

| page=349}} was an Argentine chess master.

He was Argentine Champion in 1921, 1923, 1924, and 1925.

In 1921, he won at Buenos Aires (1st ARG-ch) and won a match for the title against Benito Villegas (5 : 2) in 1921/22. He took 7th at Montevideo (Carrasco) 1921/22 (1st Torneo Sudamericano, Roberto Grau won). He tied for 2nd-3rd at Buenos Aires 1922 (2nd ARG-ch, Villegas won). In 1923/24, he won at Buenos Aires (3rd ARG-ch) and won a match for the title against Villegas (5 : 3). In 1924 and 1925, he was declared Argentine champion without official matches (Reca lost a match against Richard Réti 0.5 : 2.5 at Buenos Aires 1924,[http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/SingleEvent.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S107016000000141100140300025710100 Event Details: Reca-Réti Match (Buenos Aires), 1924] and won an unofficial match against Julio Lynch 5.5 : 2.5 in 1925).

He tied for 8-13th in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiads at Paris 1924 (Consolation Cup, Karel Hromadka won).[http://www.olimpbase.org/1924x/1924fb.html OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: consolation cup standings] He tied for 2nd-3rd at Montevideo 1925 (2nd Torneo Sudamericano, Luis Palau won).{{Cite web |url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ti1925mv.htm |title=Montevideo 1925 - 2° Torneio Sulamericano |access-date=2007-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222918/http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/ti1925mv.htm |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }} In 1926, he lost a match for the title (6th ARG-ch) to Grau (3 : 5). He won at Buenos Aires 1927 (7th ARG-ch) but did not win the title because he refused to play with Grau.{{cite web |title=Major Tournaments and Argentine Chess Championships (notes in Spanish) |url=http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524132203/https://www.webcitation.org/5kmQOO7Vi?url=http://ar.geocities.com/carlasevigne/Campeonatos_Argentinos_tablas.htm |archivedate=2024-05-24 |url-status=dead }} He also won at Buenos Aires 1927 (Pentagonal).[http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |date=July 4, 2007 }}

Reca represented Argentina in 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928 (+4 –5 =4).[http://www.olimpbase.org/1928/1928arg.html OlimpBase :: 2nd Chess Olympiad, The Hague 1928, Argentina]