title: Walter Estrada Degrandi
text: # Walter Estrada Degrandi
  
  Walter Estrada Degrandi (1924 – 1990) was a Uruguayan chess player, nine-time Uruguayan Chess Championship winner (1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, 1979).
  
  ## Biography
  
  From the 1950s to the 1970s Walter Estrada Degrandi was one of Uruguayan leading chess players. He nine time won Uruguayan Chess Championships: 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1977, and 1979. Walter Estrada Degrandi three times participated in World Chess Championship South American Zonal tournaments (1954, 1960, 1978).
  
  Walter Estrada Degrandi played for Uruguay in the Chess Olympiads:
  
  * In 1962, at first board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+3, =4, -9),
  * In 1978, at first board in the 23rd Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+1, =1, -4).
  
  Walter Estrada Degrandi played for Uruguay in the Pan American Team Chess Championships:
  
  * In 1971, at third board in the 1st Panamerican Team Chess Championship in Tucuman (+1, =1, -3).
  