Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami
Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami during the American Continental Chess Championship in Toluca (Mexico), April 2011
CountryMexico
Born (1989-05-15) May 15, 1989 (age 35)
Mérida, Yucatán
TitleGrandmaster (2020)
FIDE rating2427 (September 2024)
Peak rating2514 (May 2011)

Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami (born 1989) is a Mexican chess player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2020.[1]

Career

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In 2009, Ibarra Chami finished second on tiebreak in the 2009 Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial behind Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera.[2]

Ibarra Chami was awarded the Yucatán State Sport Prize in 2020.[3]

He won a gold medal on board two in the rapid section of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games.[4] and bronze in the blitz.[5]

He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2023, where he was defeated by Abhimanyu Puranik in the first round.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Ibarra Chami, Luis Fernando". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  2. ^ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  3. ^ "Luis Ibarra Chami, Gran Maestro de ajedrez, Premio Estatal del Deporte yucateco". www.yucatan.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  4. ^ https://wrs-jcc2023-resources.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2023jcc/reports/CHSM2QUICK------------------------.C92A_3_0.pdf
  5. ^ https://wrs-jcc2023-resources.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2023jcc/reports/CHSM2BLITZ------------------------.C92A_2_0.pdf
  6. ^ "FIDE World Cup 2023". chess24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
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