José Félix Villarreal | |
Country: | Mexico |
Birth Date: | 1956 |
Death Date: | 5 May 2022 |
International Master (IM) (1980) | |
Peakrating: | 2435 (January 1981) |
Fideid: | 5100070 |
José Félix Villarreal (1956 - 5 May 2022) was a Mexican chess International Master (IM) (1980), Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (1980).
In 1974, José Félix Villarreal won Mexican Junior Chess Championship. In 1975, in Buenos Aires he won silver medal in Pan American Junior Chess Championship. He two times participated in World Junior Chess Championships (1973, 1975).[1]
José Félix Villarreal played for Mexico in the Chess Olympiads:[2]
José Félix Villarreal played for Mexico in the World Student Team Chess Championship:[3]
José Félix Villarreal played for Mexico in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship:[4]
In 1980, José Félix Villarreal was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. By profession he was construction engineer. Since 1983, José Félix Villarreal had been playing chess tournaments irregularly.[5] He worked in the Mexican Chess Federation.[6]
He died on 5 May 2022, after being shot in an attack on 16 March in Tijuana, where armed assailants entered the home of Patricia Susana Rivera, lawyer, human rights advocate and partner of José Félix Villarreal. Rivera was killed on the scene.[7]