Guillermo Vázquez (chess player)

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Guillermo Vázquez
CountryParaguay
Born1997
TitleInternational Master (IM) (2015)
FIDE rating2545 (February 2022)
Peak rating2527 (March 2020)

Guillermo Vázquez (born 1997) is a Paraguayan chess player, who was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 2015.

He won the Paraguayan Chess Championship in 2010 and 2011,[1] and was part of the UT Dallas team that finished fourth in the Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup.[2]

He has also represented Paraguay in the Chess Olympiad, including the 39th Chess Olympiad, where he finished on 4/10 on board 4,[3] 40th Chess Olympiad (5.5/9 on board 4),[4] 41st Chess Olympiad (6/9 on board 4),[5][6] and the 43rd Chess Olympiad (6.5/11 on board 2).[7]

He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021. He won in the first round against grandmaster Nikita Meshkovs. In the second round, he lost against the eventual winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

References[]

  1. ^ "Guillermo Vazquez - UTRGV". www.utrgv.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  2. ^ "Kasparov Tournament - Chess". chess.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: 39th Chess Olympiad, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, Paraguay". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Paraguay". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  5. ^ "An American in Tromso". Chess Musings. 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  6. ^ "OlimpBase :: 41st Chess Olympiad, Tromsø 2014, Paraguay". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  7. ^ "OlimpBase :: 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018, Paraguay". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

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