Melissa Castrillon Gomez

Melissa Castrillon Gomez (born 1995) is a Colombian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She has represented Colombia at three Chess Olympiads.

Melissa Castrillon Gomez
Country Colombia
Born1995
TitleWoman International Master (2012)

Biography

In 2009, in Mar del Plata, Gomez won Pan American Girls' Chess Championship in the under 12 age group.[1] In 2011, in La Ceja she won South American Zonal Women's Chess Championship and was given the right to participate in Women's World Chess Championship.[2] In 2012, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Gomez made her debut in the Women's World Chess Championship, where in the first round she lost to Nadezhda Kosintseva.[3]

She has played for Colombia at four Chess Olympiads (2012—2018) and won individual silver (2012) medal.[4]

Gomez was awarded the Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2009,[5] and as a result of her performance in the 2011 South American Zonal Women's Chess Championship she was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 2012.[6]

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References
  1. http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - PANAMERICANO DE LA JUVENTUD 2009 Sub 14 Femenino". chess-results.com.
  2. http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Zonal Femenino 2.3 Colombia". chess-results.com.
  3. "2012 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  4. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Melissa Castrillon Gomez". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. Administrator. "XX Panamericano Mar del Plata U14 Fem September 2009 Argentina FIDE Chess Tournament details". ratings.fide.com.
  6. Administrator. "Zonal Femenino 2.3 November 2011 Colombia FIDE Chess Tournament details". ratings.fide.com.
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