José Luis Alvarez del Monte
# José Luis Alvarez del Monte

José Luis Alvarez del Monte (16 February 1931 – unknown) was a Uruguayan chess player, two-time Uruguayan Chess Championship winner (1965, 1968).

## Biography

In the 1960s José Luis Alvarez del Monte was one of Uruguayan leading chess players. He twice won Uruguayan Chess Championships: 1965, and 1968. In 1961, he won silver medal in this tournament. José Luis Alvarez del Monte two times participated in World Chess Championship South American Zonal tournaments (1966, 1969) and once in Pan American Chess Championship (1966).

José Luis Alvarez del Monte played for Uruguay in the Chess Olympiads:

* In 1962, at third board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+5, =5, -6),
* In 1964, at second board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+5, =4, -4),
* In 1966, at first board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+6, =10, -4).
