Sandro Mareco

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Sandro Mareco
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Mareco in 2016
Full nameSandro Fabio Mareco
CountryArgentina
Born (1987-05-13) 13 May 1987 (age 34)
Haedo, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
TitleGrandmaster (2010)
FIDE rating2652 (March 2022)
Peak rating2666 (March 2019)
RankingNo. 86 (March 2022)

Sandro Fabio Mareco (born 13 May 1987) is an Argentine chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010. Mareco competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2011 (losing to Ferenc Berkes in the first round), 2013 (losing to David Navara in the first round), 2015 (beating Ni Hua in the first round and losing to Anton Kovalyov in the second round), 2017 (losing to Matthias Blübaum in the first round), 2019 (losing to Sanan Sjugirov in the first round) and 2021 (defeating Sami Khader in the first round). He has played for the Argentine national team in the Chess Olympiad since 2012.[1]

Born in Haedo, Buenos Aires Province,[2] Mareco won the South American Under 20 Championship in 2007.[3] Thanks to this victory, he received a direct award of the title of International Master the following year. In 2012 he tied for first place in the Argentine Chess Championship, finishing second on countback.[4]

In 2015, Mareco won the 10th American Continental Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay[5][6] and the Argentine championship.[7] In 2017 he won the Marcel Duchamp Cup in Montevideo with a perfect score of 9/9 points.[8] In 2018 he won the HDBank Cup International Open in Hanoi, Vietnam[9] and the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sandro Mareco". U.S. Chess Champs.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ GM title application (PDF). FIDE.
  3. ^ Adaucto Wanderley da Nóbrega. 2° Campeonato Sulamericano u20 (boys). BrasilBase.
  4. ^ "Exciting finish in Argentina Chess Championship". Chessdom. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. ^ "GM Sandro Mareco is 2015 American Continental champion". Chessdom. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ^ Martínez, David (28 May 2015). "Sandro Mareco defeats a continent". chess24.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. ^ "GM Sandro Mareco is 2015 Argentinian champion". Chessdom. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  8. ^ "The Week in Chess 1163". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Sandro Mareco is the winner in 8th HDBANK Cup International Open 2018". Chessdom. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  10. ^ "The Week in Chess 1240". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

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