On 4 Aug 2004 06:58:49 -0700, (Taylor
Kingston) wrote:

RJF was given the IM title in 1958, duly backdated to 1957,
presumably based on the strength of his match win over Cardoso and the
US title victory that straddled 1957-58. I find that Cardoso scored 13
out of 17 at the Moscow 1956 Olympiad, which gave him second place on
board 4, just behind Bronstein.

Here is a minor aside.

I was playing in a poker game in the Campomanes Suite during the 1986
World Chess Olympiad in Dubai.

Campomanes and a few of the other poker players wanted a beer.

A collection was taken up and given to a "boy" who was sent out to get
the beer.

After the boy had left, with Campomanes and the other Filipinos
talking to each other in Filipono, I overheard them say the name
"Cardoso".

Rudolfo Cardoso was a famous Filipino player in the 1950s but I had
rarely heard his name since that time. I had always wondered about
this so I asked the question, "What ever happened to Cardoso?"

"He went out to get the beer", was the reply.

I was astonished to learn that they boy they had sent out to get the
beer was the famous International Chess Master Rudolfo Cardoso.

Sam Sloan