Danitza Vázquez | |
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Full name | Danitza Fernanda Vázquez Maccarini |
Born | April 25, 2000 Caguas, Puerto Rico | (age 24)
Title |
FIDE Master (2018) Woman International Master (2013) |
Peak rating | 2295 (August 2018) |
Danitza Fernanda Vázquez Maccarini (born April 25, 2000 in Caguas, Puerto Rico) [1] is a chess player from Puerto Rico. After winning the Central American and Caribbean U20 Girls Championship in El Salvador in 2013, [2] she was awarded by FIDE the title Woman International Master (WIM), becoming the youngest one in the world at the time. [3] [1] In 2015, at 15, she became the youngest ever to win the chess championship of Puerto Rico; Vázquez finished first scoring 8/9 points, a full point ahead of the runner-up, International Master Alejandro Montalvo. [4] [5] [6] [7] She won the bronze medal in the Girls U18 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2017. [8] In November of the same year, Vázquez won the Women's Zonal 2.3 Championship on tie-break from Maritza Arribas Robaina and Yerisbel Miranda Llanes. As a result, Vázquez qualified to play in the Women's World Chess Championship. [9] [10]
Danitza Vázquez has played for the Puerto Rican team in the Chess Olympiad and the Women's Chess Olympiad. [11]
Danitza Vázquez | |
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Full name | Danitza Fernanda Vázquez Maccarini |
Born | April 25, 2000 Caguas, Puerto Rico | (age 24)
Title |
FIDE Master (2018) Woman International Master (2013) |
Peak rating | 2295 (August 2018) |
Danitza Fernanda Vázquez Maccarini (born April 25, 2000 in Caguas, Puerto Rico) [1] is a chess player from Puerto Rico. After winning the Central American and Caribbean U20 Girls Championship in El Salvador in 2013, [2] she was awarded by FIDE the title Woman International Master (WIM), becoming the youngest one in the world at the time. [3] [1] In 2015, at 15, she became the youngest ever to win the chess championship of Puerto Rico; Vázquez finished first scoring 8/9 points, a full point ahead of the runner-up, International Master Alejandro Montalvo. [4] [5] [6] [7] She won the bronze medal in the Girls U18 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2017. [8] In November of the same year, Vázquez won the Women's Zonal 2.3 Championship on tie-break from Maritza Arribas Robaina and Yerisbel Miranda Llanes. As a result, Vázquez qualified to play in the Women's World Chess Championship. [9] [10]
Danitza Vázquez has played for the Puerto Rican team in the Chess Olympiad and the Women's Chess Olympiad. [11]