Wilfred Attard
{{short description|Maltese chess player}}
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Wilfrid Godfrey Attard (unknown – 23 November 2001{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/heard-in-the-hive.159840 |title=Heard in the Hive|publisher=Times of Malta|language=en|access-date=2019-08-13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chessmalta.com/news_main-pre2009.html|title=Latest Local News |language=en|publisher=www.chessmalta.com|access-date=2019-08-13}}) 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:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/wyo04w6g.html|title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Wilfred Attard|website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- In 1972, at third board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+7, =2, -5),
- In 1974, at second board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+6, =6, -8),
- In 1980, at first board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+2, =3, -5).
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/x/xnv37pvf.html|title=OlimpBase :: All-Time Player History :: Attard, Wilfred|website=www.olimpbase.org}}
Wilfrid Attard served as President of the Malta Chess Federation.
References
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External links
- {{chessgames player|id=26527}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Wilfrid_Attard}}
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Category:Maltese chess players
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