Joaquim Durão

{{Short description|Portuguese chess player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox chess biography

| image = Im joaquim durao.jpg

| caption = Durão playing at the 2009 International Tournament at Figueira da Foz

| country = Portugal

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|5|21|1930|10|25|df=y}}

| death_place =

| title = International Master (1975)

| peakrating = 2360 (May 1974)

}}

Joaquim Manuel Durão (25 October 1930 – 21 May 2015) was a Portuguese chess player.{{citation | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography | publisher=McFarland | isbn=0-7864-2353-6 | page=101}} An International Master since 1975. Durão took part in The Gijon International Chess Tournaments (1955 and 1965).{{Cite book|last=Mendez|first=Pedro|title=The Gijon International Chess Tournaments|last2=Mendez|first2=Luis|publisher=McFarland|year=2019|isbn=978-1-4766-7659-3|pages=157}} He was 13 times Portuguese champion, represented his country in ten Chess Olympiads,{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7tvb95dl.html|title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Joaquim Manuel Durão|work=olimpbase.org}} and was president of the Portuguese Chess Federation.{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/outras-modalidades/interior/morreu-o-mestre-internacional-de-xadrez-joaquim-durao-4580497.html|title=Morreu o mestre internacional de xadrez Joaquim Durão - Desporto - DN|work=DN|language=pt}} in 1975 zonal he tied for an interzonal qualifying place but lost play-off to Sergio Mariotti.

He remained active until 2015.

He was born in Lisbon.