Diego Flores (chess player)
Diego Flores, 2008 |
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Association | Argentina |
Born | 18th December 1982 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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International Master (2003) Grand Master (2008) |
Current Elo rating | 2599 (September 2020) |
Best Elo rating | 2628 (January 2011) |
Tab at the FIDE (English) |
Diego Flores (born December 18, 1982 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ) is an Argentine chess player .
In 1998, Diego finished second at the Youth World Cup in Oropesa del Mar behind Ibragim Khamrakulov in the U16 age group.
He won the Argentine individual championship six times: 2005, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2019. He played for Argentina at seven Chess Olympiads : 2006 to 2018 . In 2009 he took part in the Pan American championship.
In the 2005 World Chess Cup he was eliminated in the first round against Teymur Rəcəbov . At the Chess World Cup 2007 he failed in the first round to Laurent Fressinet , also at the Chess World Cup 2009 to Alexander Onischuk , at the Chess World Cup 2013 to Francisco Vallejo Pons , at the Chess World Cup 2017 in Tbilisi to Bu Xiangzhi and at the Chess World Cup 2019 in Khanty-Mansiysk to Gawain Jones .
In Spain he played for SCC Sabadell .
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Web links
- Replayable chess games by Diego Flores on chesstempo.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flores and Zuriel are 2012 Argentine chess champions
- ↑ The Week In Chess - ch-ARG 2016
- ↑ Diego Flores Champion of Argentina 2017
- ↑ 2019 Argentine Championship
- ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
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SURNAME | Flores, Diego |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine chess grandmaster |
DATE OF BIRTH | 18th December 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |