María Teresa Mora
Female, Deceased Person
1902 – 1980
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Who was María Teresa Mora?
María Teresa Mora Iturralde was a Cuban chess master.
She is the only person who received direct lessons from José Raúl Capablanca. Mora was the first woman to win the Cuban Championship.
She was twice a challenger for the Women's World Champion. She tied for seventh/eighth place at Buenos Aires 1939, and 10-11th at Moscow 1949/50 Lyudmila Rudenko won.
Mora was awarded the Woman International Master title in 1950. She was born and died in Havana.
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