Ingris Rivera Explained

Ingris Rivera
Country:	Colombia
Woman International Master (2006)
Peakrating:	2262 (December 2015)
Fideid:	4402472

Ingris Rivera (born 1988), is a Colombian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2006). She is a two-time Colombian Women's Chess Championship winner (2005, 2015).

Biography

In 2001, Ingris Rivera won Pan American Youth Girl's Chess Championship in U14 age group.^[1] In 2007, she won Pan American Junior Girl's Chess Championship in U20 age group.^[2] Rivera two times won Colombian Women's Chess Championship: in 2005 and 2015. In 2006, she participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Maia Chiburdanidze.^[3]

Rivera played for Colombia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[4]

• In 2002, at third board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in Bled (+5, =4, -5),
• In 2014, at third board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+4, =2, -3),
• In 2016, at fourth board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+6, =2, -2),^[5]
• In 2018, at third board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+2, =0, -5).^[6]

In 2006, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Rivera was ranked best female chess player in Colombia in May 2020.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pan American-ch U14 Girls 2001 - 365Chess.com Tournaments. 365chess.com.
2. Web site: Panamerican Girls Ch.U20 January 2007 Colombia FIDE Chess Tournament report. ratings.fide.com.
3. Web site: 2006 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women). Mark-Weeks.com.
4. Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Ingrid Rivera Banquez. OlimpBase.org.
5. Web site: 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women. Chess-Results.com.
6. Web site: 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women. Chess-Results.com.