Gilberto Milos

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Gilberto Milos Júnior (born October 30, 1963 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian chess player . In 1988 he became chess grandmaster .

Life

Gilberto Milos discovered his love for chess at the age of five thanks to his father, who was a great chess lover. In 1981-1983 he was national youth champion. In 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994 and 1995 he became Brazilian champion. He received the title International Master (IM) in 1984. Four years later, in 1988, he became Grand Master (GM). His most important chess achievements are first places in 1987, 1998, 2005 and 2007 at the South American Chess Championships in Santiago de Chile and first place in 1988 in Buenos Aires . In 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002 he took part in the FIDE World Championships, but dropped out early. He took part in the World Chess Cup in 2005 , 2007 and 2009 , and his greatest success was getting into the second round in 2009.

He has written two books Karpov vs Kamsky - The FIDE World Championship 1996 and Chess and Matt (together with Davy D'Israel) and has contributed to the development of the chess learning software CHESSIMO.

Milos' Elo rating is 2589 (as of October 2014), which puts him in third place in the Brazilian rankings. He reached his highest Elo rating of 2644 in October 2000.

National team

Milos took part in twelve chess Olympiads with the Brazilian national team between 1982 and 2014 , as well as the 2010 team championships and the 1985, 1995, 2000, 2009 and 2013 Pan American team championships. In 2009 he won with the Brazilian team, and in 1995 and 2000 he achieved the best Single result on the first board.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gilberto Milos' results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Results of the Brazilian team at the 2014 Chess Olympiad on chess-results.com
  3. ↑ Gilberto Milos' results at the World Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ Gilberto Milos' results at Pan-American Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Milos, Gilberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Milos Júnior, Gilberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo