Wilfred_Attard

Wilfred Attard

Wilfred Attard

Maltese chess player


Wilfrid Godfrey Attard (unknown – 23 November 2001[1][2]) 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).

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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:[3]

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.[4]

Wilfrid Attard served as President of the Malta Chess Federation.


References

  1. "Heard in the Hive". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  2. "Latest Local News". www.chessmalta.com. Retrieved 2019-08-13.



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