Gildardo García (9 March 1954 – 15 January 2021) was a Colombian chess player.
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Full name | Gildardo Garcia |
Country | Colombia |
Born | 9 March 1954 (1954-03-09) |
Died | 15 January 2021(2021-01-15) (aged 66) Medellín, Colombia |
Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
Peak ranking | 2540 (July 1994) |
García became Colombia's second Grandmaster in 1992.[1][2] His highest rating was 2540 (in July 1994) and he was ranked 14th in Colombia at the time of his death.[3]
He won the Colombian national championship 10 times, in 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2003, and 2006.[4][5][6] In 1974, he won the inaugural Pan American Junior Chess Championship.[7] In 2006, he played in the chess olympiads for Colombia.[8]
He died from COVID-19 in Medellín on 15 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia.[9][2]
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