René Letelier

René Letelier Martner (21 February 1915, San Bernardo, Chile – 2 July 2006, Santiago de Chile) was a Chilean chess player with the title of International Master.

He played in many Chilean Chess Championships. In 1932, he took 4th place (Enrique Reed won). In 1934, he took 2nd, behind Mariano Castillo. Finally, Letelier was Chilean Champion in 1957, 1959, 1960, 1964, and 1973.

He played for Chile in seven Chess Olympiads.

In tournaments, Letelier tied for 11-12th at Mar del Plata 1936 (Isaias Pleci won). In 1937, he took 2nd, behind Rodrigo Flores, in São Paulo. In 1938, he tied for 12-14th in Montevideo (Alexander Alekhine won).

In 1945, he took 5th in Viña del Mar (Carlos Guimard won). In 1945, he tied for 2nd-5th with Carlos Skalicka, Enrique Reinhardt and Moshe Czerniak in Quilmes (Gideon Ståhlberg won). In 1946, he tied for 1st with Skalička, followed by Movsas Feigins, Jorge Pelikán, etc., in Buenos Aires (Circulo La Regence). In 1946, he took 3rd, behind Gideon Ståhlberg and Herman Pilnik, in Paraná. In 1946, he took 11th in Mar del Plata (Miguel Najdorf won).

In 1947, he took 2nd, behind Ståhlberg, in Buenos Aires (3rd Grau Memorial). In 1947, he took 4th in Buenos Aires (Moshe Czerniak won). In 1948, he tied for 4-5th in Buenos Aires (Najdorf won). In 1949, he tied for 6-9th in Mar del Plata (Hector Rossetto won). In 1949, he tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Guimard, in Velez Sarsfield. In 1950, he tied for 5-7th in Venice (Alexander Kotov won).

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