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Gildardo García

Gildardo García

Colombia chess Grandmaster (1954–2021)

Gildardo García (9 March 1954 – 15 January 2021) was a Colombian chess grandmaster.

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Biography

García became Colombia's second Grandmaster in 1992.[1][2] His highest rating was 2540 (in July 1994) and he was ranked 14th in Colombia at the time of his death.[3]

He won the Colombian national championship 10 times, in 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2003, and 2006.[4][5][6] In 1974, he won the inaugural Pan American Junior Chess Championship.[7] In 2006, he played in the chess olympiads for Colombia.[8]

He died from COVID-19 in Medellín on 15 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia.[9][2]

References

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    "Garcia, Gildardo FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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    Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2021-01-15). "Luto en el ajedrez colombiano: muere el Gran Maestro Gildardo García". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-15.
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    "Gildardo Garcia chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com". chess-db.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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    "Campeonato de Colombia de ajedrez". www.ajedrezdeataque.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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    "Campeones colombianos". 2012-02-06. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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    "The chess games of Gildardo Garcia". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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    "San Juan 1974 - 1° Campeonato Panamericano Juvenil". www.brasilbase.pro.br. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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    "Gildardo Garcia - Chess Games". old.chesstempo.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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    @FIDE_chess (January 15, 2021). "We have just received the sad news about the passing of Gildardo García. He was the second Colombian to achieve the…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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