Julio Ostos

From the mid-1970s to the end of the 2000s, Julio Ostos was one of Venezuela's leading chess players. He five time won Venezuelan Chess Championship: 1974, 1980, 1985, 1987, and 2000. Julio Ostos three times participated in Pan American Chess Championship: 1988, 2007, and 2010.[1]

Julio Ostos played for Venezuela in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

• In 1976, at first board in the 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+1, =5, -3),
• In 1978, at first board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+7, =4, -3),
• In 1980, at first board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+4, =5, -3),
• In 1982, at third board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+6, =3, -4),
• In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4, =3, -5),
• In 1990, at first board in the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad (+4, =1, -5),
• In 1996, at first board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+5, =1, -6),
• In 2000, at first reserve board in the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3, =2, -2),
• In 2002, at first reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+4, =2, -2),
• In 2004, at third board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià (+3, =0, -5),
• In 2006, at first reserve board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+2, =1, -3),
• In 2012, at fourth board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+2, =3, -3).

Julio Ostos played for Venezuela in the World Student Team Chess Championships:[3]

• In 1976, at first board in the 21st World Student Team Chess Championship in Caracas (+4, =1, -6),
• In 1977, at second board in the 22nd World Student Team Chess Championship in Mexico City (+9, =1, -2).

Julio Ostos played for Venezuela in the Pan American Team Chess Championships:[4]

• In 2000, at second board in the 6th Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Mérida (+2, =0, -2) and won individual bronze medal.

In 1978, Julio Ostos was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

• Julio Ostos rating card at FIDE
• Julio Ostos player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Julio Ostos chess games at 365chess.com