Julio Salas Romo


Julio Salas Romo was a Chilean chess player, four-time Chilean Chess Championship winner.

Biography

From the late 1930s to the early 1960s, Julio Salas Romo was one of Chile's leading chess players. In 1937, he first time won Chilean Chess Championship gaining 6 points in 7 rounds. Julio Salas Romo then repeated this success three more times: 1954, 1955, and 1962. He participated in International Chess Tournaments in São Paulo, Viña del Mar, Montevideo, and Santiago.
Julio Salas Romo played for Chile in the Chess Olympiads:
The year of his death is unknown.