Diego Flores (born 18 December 1982) is an Argentine chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2008. He is a five-time Argentine Chess Champion.[1]
| Diego Flores | |
|---|---|
 Flores at the 2008 Chess Olympiad | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Born | 18 December 1982 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| FIDE rating | 2552 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2634 (November 2018) |
Chess career
editHe competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2017. Flores won the Argentine Chess Championships of 2005, 2009,[2] 2012[3] 2016,[4] and 2017. Flores has played for the Argentine national team in the Chess Olympiad, the Pan-American Team Chess Championship and the Mercosur Chess Olympiad.[5]
In 2010 he won the 2nd Magistral Marcel Duchamp round-robin tournament in Buenos Aires, edging out Sandro Mareco on tiebreak.[6][7] In the same year Flores was granted the Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the top five chess players of the decade in Argentina.[8] In 2011, he tied for 1st–2nd place with Alexandr Fier in the 2nd Latin American Cup in Montevideo, finishing second on tiebreak.[9] The following year Flores tied for first place in the American Continental Championship, held in Mar del Plata, with Julio Granda Zuñiga, Alexander Shabalov, Gregory Kaidanov and Eric Hansen.[10]
He is also the chess columnist in Junín's daily Diario Democracia since 2004.[11]
References
edit- ^ Diego Flores wins the Dubai Open Chess24
- ^ Ilardo, Carlos (2009-05-25). "Diego Flores, el nuevo rey del ajedrez argentino". Noticias de ajedrez (in Spanish). ChessBase. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "Flores and Zuriel are 2012 Argentine chess champions". Chessdom. 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1145". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ Diego Flores team chess record at OlimpBase.org
- ^ "2nd Magistral Internacional Marcel Duchamp". Chessdom. 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ^ Ilardo, Carlos A. (2010-12-24). "El gran maestro argentino Diego Flores, todo un artista" (in Spanish). ChessBase. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ^ "Premios Konex - 2010 - Deportes: Mejor Figura de la Última Década del Deporte Argentino" (in Spanish). Konex Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ^ "Fier proud winner of the 2nd Latin American Cup". ChessVibes. 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ^ Silver, Albert (2012-10-23). "Mar del Plata 2012 : The banana ate the monkey". ChessBase. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
- ^ "Diego Flores". Konex Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
External links
edit
- Diego Flores rating card at FIDE
- Diego Flores FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Diego Flores chess games at 365Chess.com
- Diego Flores player profile and games at Chessgames.com
