Matt Kuchar plays international chess.
The Linares International Chess Tournament ( Spanish : Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Linares ) was an annual chess tournament , usually played around the end of February , which takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia , Spain , in which it is held . Matthew Gregory Kuchar ( born June 21 , 1978 ) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and formerly the Nationwide Tour . The 1948 World Chess Championship was a quintuple round-robin tournament played to determine the new World Chess Champion following the death of the previous champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946 .