Mauricio Flores Ríos
Mauricio Flores Rios (born September 10, 1990, in Valparaiso) is a Chilean chess player who holds the Grandmaster title.[1] As of January 2015 he has a FIDE rating of 2531,[1] is number 1 in Chile among active players.
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Full name | Mauricio Flores Rios |
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Born | Valparaiso, Chile | September 10, 1990
Title | Grandmaster |
FIDE rating | 2529 (August 2020) |
Peak rating | 2537 (September 2013) |
In 2009 Mauricio Flores Rios moved to Brownsville, Texas after being recruited by the University of Texas at Brownsville. He played for UT Brownsville at the Final Four (President's Cup) of 2009, 2010 and 2011, as well as the Pan-American Intercollegiate of 2009-2012.[2]
In 2015, Flores Rios published the book Chess Structures - a Grandmaster Guide,[3] providing a study of the 28 most recurring pawn structures in chess practice.
Career
He played for Chile in three Chess Olympiads.
- In 2006, at fifth board in 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (-2 +1 =1).
- In 2012, at third board in 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3 -3 =2).
- In 2014, at second board, in 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso(+3 -2 =4)
Titles
- 1st in the Pan American Sub 16 de Cuenca, Ecuador. (August 2006) [4]
- 1st in the Pan American Sub 18 de Cordova, Argentina. (July 2008) [5]
- 1st in Southwest Collegiate Championships (March 2009) [6]
- 6th Continental Championship in São Paulo, Brazil. (August 2009)
- 1st in US Class Chess Championship (2010) [7]
- 1st in Montcada International Open, Spain. (July 2013) [8]
Notable games
gollark: I should probably ask on r/archlinux or something.
gollark: I would suspect it being a distro thing, but I have multiMC installed from the AUR and recompiling it didn't help.
gollark: ```osmarks@fenrir ~/Downloads [SIGSEGV]> calibre-debug -gcalibre 4.13 embedded-python: False is64bit: TrueLinux-5.5.13-arch2-1-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')('Linux', '5.5.13-arch2-1', '#1 SMP PREEMPT Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:42:41 +0000')Python 2.7.17Linux: ('', '', '')Interface language: NoneSuccessfully initialized third party plugins: Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) (1, 29, 0) && DeDRM (6, 6, 3) && Package KFX (from KFX Input) (1, 29, 0) && KFX metadata reader (from KFX Input) (1, 29, 0) && KFX Input (1, 29, 0)Turning on automatic hidpi scalingdevicePixelRatio: 1.0logicalDpi: 96.1119113573 x 96.0945812808physicalDpi: 112.286084142 x 112.758381503Using calibre Qt style: Truefish: “calibre-debug -g” terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error)```with calibre.
gollark: I checked, I have more but they all break.
gollark: I only have something like three installed as far as I know, and they're all broken.
References
- "Flores Rios, Mauricio FIDE Chess Profile". FIDE. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- "UTB-TSC plays in Pan Am championship". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- "Chess Structures". Quality Chess. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- "Panamericano de la Juventud Sub 16". Fide America. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- "Panamericano de la Juventud Sub 18". Chess Results. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- "Southwest Collegiate Championships". FIDE. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- "Mauricio Flores Wins U.S. Class". The United States Chess Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- "GM Mauricio Flores Rios Wins Montcada Open". Chessdom. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
External links
- Mauricio Flores Ríos player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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