Cristóbal Guillermo Henríquez Villagra (born 7 August 1996) is a Chilean chess player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2017, at the age of 20.
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 Cristóbal Henríquez at FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 | |
| Full name | Cristóbal Guillermo Henríquez Villagra |
| Country | Chile |
| Born | 7 August 1996 La Florida, Chile |
| Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
| FIDE rating | 2863 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2630 (September 2023) |
Career
editHe was awarded the title of International Master following his win in the 2013 Pan-American Youth chess championship in Brazil.[1]
He was runner-up in the 2014 Chilean championship,[2] and won it in 2015.[3] Henríquez Villagra won the 2014 Pan American junior championship.[4] He played third board for Chile at the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway, scoring 6.5/9.[5] In the 2014 World Under-18 championship he finished in a tie for third.[6]
In 2015 he finished in a tie for second at the FIDE zonal in Asunción, then won the playoff against three Grandmasters to qualify for the FIDE World Cup in September of that year.[7] At this event, he caused a major upset in the first round by defeating leading grandmaster Boris Gelfand in the rapid play-off.[8]
In the 6th Arica Open in 2019 he tied 2nd-8th place with Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, Deivy Vera Siguenas, Renato R. Quintiliano Pinto, Nikita Petrov, Salvador Alonso, and Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas.[9]
He was awarded the Grandmaster title in March 2017.[10]
References
edit- ^ Chilean Chess Federation, Cristóbal Henríquez es Maestro Internacional
- ^ Mark Crowther, The Week In Chess 1008
- ^ Mark Crowther, The Week In Chess 1062
- ^ Santa Cruz 2014 - 9° Campeonato Sulamericano u20 (boys). Brasilbase.
- ^ Olimpbase, Chile at the 2014 Olympiad
- ^ Mark Crowther, The Week In Chess 1038
- ^ Chessdom, Sandro Mareco and Cristobal Henriquez Villagra qualify for FIDE World Cup, 4 May 2015
- ^ Alejandro Ramirez, Baku 1.TB - One Armageddon, One big Surprise, ChessBase, 13 September 2015
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "List of titles approved by the Presidential Board by written resolution". FIDE. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
External links
edit- Cristobal Henriquez Villagra rating card at FIDE
- Cristobal Henriquez Villagra player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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