Florencio Campomanes

sa Gaziantep, Turkey, 2008.]]
Si **Florencio Campomanes** (22 ng Pebrero 1927 &ndash; 3 Mayo 2010) ay isang Pilipinong sayantipikong politikal, manlalaro ng ahedres, at tagapamalqkay ng ahedres.

## Edukasyon
Si Campomanes ay ipinanganak sa Maynila at nakuha ang kanyang B.A. sa political science mula sa Pamantasan ng Pilipinas noong 1948. Sumunod, siya ay nag-aral sa Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island), kung saan nakamit niya ang kanyang M.A. noong 1951. Nag-aral siya ng doctoral studies sa Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., mula 1949 hanggang 1954.

## Manlalaro ng ahedres
Si Campomanes ang Pambansang Dalubhasa strength player noong kanyang pinakamasaganang mga taon, at ang Philippine national champion sa dalawang okasyon (1956, 1960). Rinepresenta niya ang kanyang bansa sa limang Chess Olympiads: Moscow 1956, Munich 1958, Leipzig 1960, Varna 1962, at Havana 1966. May nakalaban siyang mga dalubhasa din, natalo siya sa mga laro laban kay Pal Benko at Ludek Pachman sa Moscow 1956, Oscar Panno sa Munich 1958, Mikhail Tal at Miguel Najdorf sa Leipzig 1960, at Lev Polugaevsky sa Havana 1966.

## Kamatayan
Noong Pebrero 2007, si Florencio Campomanes ay napinsala mula sa isang aksidente ng kotse sa  Antalya, Turkey na nagdalabsa kanya sa intensive care unit.

Noong 3 Mayo 2010, si Campomanes ay namatay sa Pilipinas.

## Curriculum vitae of Florencio B. Campomanes
*M. A., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1951
*Doctoral Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1949&ndash;1952
*Fulbright Grantee, 1948
*Lecturer, (Political Science) University of the Philippines, 1954&ndash;1956
*Founding Member, U.P. Beta Sigma Fraternity, 1946
*Chess columnist, *Manila Times* and *Manila Chronicle*, 1954&ndash;1961
*TV producer – Host, *Chess Today*, GTV/MBS-4 Manila, 1974&ndash;1982
*Permanent Philippines Delegate to FIDE, 1956&ndash;1982
*FIDE Asian Zone President, 1960&ndash;1964
*FIDE Deputy President for Asia, 1974&ndash;1982
*FIDE President, 1982&ndash;1995
*FIDE Chairman, 1995&ndash;1996
*FIDE Honorary President 1996&ndash;2010
*Philippine Champion, 1956, 1960
*Tied 2nd&ndash;3rd with Edmar Mednis, New York State Championship, 1954
*International Arbiter, 1957
*Philippine Olympiad Team Member and/or Captain: Moscow 1956&ndash;Board 2, Munich 1958&ndash;Board 3, Leipzig 1960&ndash;Board 1, Tel Aviv 1964&ndash;Board 4, Havana 1966&ndash;Board 4
*Captain: Lugano 1968, Siegen 1970, Skopje 1972, Nice 1974, Haifa 1976, Buenos Aires 1978, Valletta 1980
*Administered under FIDE: Olympiad &ndash; Thessaloniki 1984, Thessaloniki 1988
*Dubai 1986, Novi Sad 1990, Moscow 1994
*Organized for the Philippines, Manila 1992
*World Championship, 1978
*Interzonals, 1976, 1990
*World Juniors 1974, 1987
*First Asian Zonal, 1958
*First Asian Junior Championship, 1977
*Raised FIDE Membership from 100's to 150's
*Raised US $13,000,000 for six Men's World Championship matches in nine years: Moscow 1984 and 1985, London & Leningrad 1986

## Sanggunian
## External links
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20070927115536/http://ebalita.net/go/news/printnews.php?id=878
*https://web.archive.org/web/20051031021857/http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/English/chessNews/evans/030217.php
*https://web.archive.org/web/20050317144319/http://www.chessnetwork.com/ncn/b/g160203.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20051031233805/http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/English/chessNews/evans/031215.php
*Edward Winter, The Termination (1988, updated in 2005, 2007 and 2008) (discussing Campomanes' termination of the 1984 Karpov&ndash;Kasparov match)
*Edward Winter, The 1986 FIDE Presidential Election
*Florencio Campomanes dies at eighty-three  ChessBase.com