Guillermo Vázquez (chess player) explained

Guillermo Vázquez
Country:Paraguay
Birth Date:16 March 1997
Birth Place:Asunción, Paraguay
Grandmaster (2022)
Peakrating:2575 (November 2022)
Fideid:3702308

Guillermo Vázquez Colman (born in Asuncion, 1997) is a Paraguayan chess player, who was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 2015 and the title of Grandmaster in 2022.

He won the Paraguayan Chess Championship in 2010 and 2011,[1] and hold the record of the youngest player ever[2] to win the National Chess Tournament with 13 years old.

He was part of the UTRGV (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) that won the President´s Cup (Final Four of Collegiate Chess) in 2019[3] and was part of the UTD (University of Texas Dallas) team that finished fourth in the Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup.[4]

He has also represented Paraguay in the Chess Olympiad, including the 39th Chess Olympiad, where he finished on 4/10 on board 4,[5] 40th Chess Olympiad (5.5/9 on board 4),[6] 41st Chess Olympiad (6/9 on board 4),[7] [8] and the 43rd Chess Olympiad (6.5/11 on board 2).[9]

Vazquez won the Floripa Chess Open in 2020,[10] just before the Covid-19 pandemic, and reached his first GM Norm

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guillermo Vazquez - UTRGV . 2021-07-05 . www.utrgv.edu.
  2. Web site: El campeón más joven de la historia - Deportes - ABC Color . 2022-06-12 . www.abc.com.py . es.
  3. Web site: UTRGV Chess Team recognized at Texas State Capitol in Austin . 2022-06-12 . www.utrgv.edu . en.
  4. Web site: Kasparov Tournament - Chess . 2021-07-05 . chess.utdallas.edu.
  5. Web site: OlimpBase :: 39th Chess Olympiad, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010, Paraguay . 2021-07-05 . www.olimpbase.org.
  6. Web site: OlimpBase :: 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Paraguay . 2021-07-05 . www.olimpbase.org.
  7. Web site: 2014-08-12 . An American in Tromso . 2021-07-05 . Chess Musings . en.
  8. Web site: OlimpBase :: 41st Chess Olympiad, Tromsø 2014, Paraguay . 2021-07-05 . www.olimpbase.org.
  9. Web site: OlimpBase :: 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018, Paraguay . 2021-07-05 . www.olimpbase.org.
  10. Web site: Guillermo Vázquez se consagra en Brasil - Deportes - ABC Color . 2022-06-12 . www.abc.com.py . es.