Oswaldo Cruz Filho Oswaldo Cruz Filho Oswaldo Cruz Filho (1902/03 in Rio de Janeiro – ?) was a Brazilian chess master. He represented Brazil in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936, in the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939 and the 10th Chess Olympiad at Helsinki 1952. He participated in many tournaments played in Rio de Janeiro; shared 3rd with Walter Oswaldo Cruz in 1943 ("Campeonato do CXRJ", Erich Eliskases won), took 2nd in 1943 ("Quadrangular Clube Ginastico Portugues", Eliskases won), took 9th in 1946 (Miguel Najdorf won), took 2nd, behind W. Cruz, in 1948 (the 16th Brazilian Chess Championship), tied
American Swedish Institute 1929, the "Minneapolis Tribune" reported, "the cost is believed to have been close to $1,000,000 although this is a matter the builder does not discuss." The transition from private residence to museum happened in 1929 when the family donated the house and the newspaper to establish the American Institute for Swedish Arts, Literature and Science (later changed to the American Swedish Institute). Turnblad stated that he had long planned for the home to be a Swedish-American institute. He was quoted as saying, "many persons may have wondered what a small family like ours, a family which had not great social