Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ibarra and the second or maternal family name is Chami.

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

Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami
Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami during the American Continental Chess Championship in Toluca (Mexico), April 2011
Country	Mexico
Born	(1989-05-15) May 15, 1989 (age 35) Mérida, Yucatán
Title	Grandmaster (2020)
FIDE rating	2422 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2514 (May 2011)

Career

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

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.

External links

• Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami rating card at FIDE
• Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami chess games at 365Chess.com