David Godoy

(Español: David Arturo Godoy Bugueño, 15 de enero de 1944, Ovalle - 10 de septiembre de 2007, Santiago) - Chilean chess player, FIDE teacher, ICCF international teacher (2006). Chilean Champion 1968

As part of the Chilean team, he participated in three chess Olympiads (1964, 1974 and 1976).

In 1966, 1972 and 1995, he represented Chile in zonal tournaments.

He achieved his greatest success in personal international competitions in 1991 and 1992, when he twice won open tournaments organized by Magistral Esucomex. In the first one, he managed to elude the great masters V. E. Akopyan and R. Cifuentes.

In his mature years he actively played by correspondence, later, by email. In 2006, during the IV World Olympiad, he met the ICCF International Master standard by email. He was also known as a chess journalist. 1973 to 1981 collaborated with Las Últimas Noticias, El Cronista (Buenos Aires) and La Nación. In 1978 he was a correspondent for "Las Últimas Noticias" at the Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires. Since 1984 he has collaborated with the newspaper "La Tercera".

David Godoy Bugueño player profile and games at Chessgames.com