| 12th CACAC Team Chess Championship: San Salvador 1974 |
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| 12th CACAC Team Chess Championship (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Date: | 5th - 18th October 1974 |
| City: | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Venue: | N/A |
| Tournament Director: | N/A |
| Chief Arbiter: | N/A |
| Teams participating: | 10 (incl. El Salvador youth team "prospects" - unofficially) |
| Players participating: | 49 (incl. 2 IMs, exl. 8 players from El Salvador youth team. |
| Games played: | 144 (exl. 36 played by El Salvador youth team) |
| Competition format: | Four board round robin. |
| Final order decided by: | 1. Game points; 2. Match points |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Downloadable game file: | 74cacac.zip |
| Tournament bulletin: | 1974_cacac.pdf - games retyped by R.Santana (Caracas) |
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The 12th CACAC championship was held in El Salvador. It drew 10 teams from 9 countries, as the hosts fielded the extra youth team (Los prospectos). Cuba send a strong team of five rated players (incl. 2 IMs) and took convincing win. They won all eight matches scoring victory in 23 games and drawing 9 (no game loss!). Silver went to Mexico and the host team snatched bronze (their first ever podium position in any international event) wiping out Netherlands Antilles 4-0 in the last round. Venezuela, runners-up from previous year showed disappointing play to finish in 5th. Board medals were won by three Cubans and Dávila of Nicaragua who surprised everyone with excellent 7½/8 display at top board. |
| bd | name | code | pts | gms | % | |
| 1. | Dávila, Edmundo | |
NCA | 7½ | 8 | 93.8 |
| 2. | IM Cobo Arteaga, Eldis | |
CUB | 6 | 7 | 85.7 |
| 3. | Díaz, Joaquín Carlos | |
CUB | 6½ | 7 | 92.9 |
| 4. | Vilela, José Luís | |
CUB | 6 | 7 | 85.7 |