Camila Colombo

Camila Colombo Seré (born 4 June 1990) is a Uruguayan psychopedagogue and chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE in 2012. Colombo is a multiple-time national women's champion.

Camila Colombo
Born
Camila Colombo Seré

(1990-06-04) 4 June 1990
Montevideo, Uruguay
NationalityUruguayan
Alma materUniversidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Occupation(s)Psychopedagogue, chess player
EmployerClub Mágico de Extremadura
Chess career
CountryUruguay
TitleWoman International Master (2012)
FIDE rating2084 (March 2022)
Peak rating2129 (September 2009)
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Personal life

Born in Montevideo, Camila Colombo at age 8, together with her sisters, learned to play chess with her father.[1]

Colombo studied education at the School of Humanities and Sciences at the University of the Republic, and psychopedagogy at Instituto Universitario CEDIIAP.

Since 2011 she has lived in Spain and works at the Club Mágico de Extremadura as a sports and therapeutic chess instructor. She is studying for a master's degree in neuropsychological rehabilitation and cognitive stimulation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Chess

She went on to play at the Uruguayan School of Chess for Club Banco República and participated in several national and international tournaments. In 2002 Colombo became the Uruguayan girls U12 champion and the South American school girls U12 champion.[2] In the same year, she took the bronze medal for the third place of Uruguay in the South American team championships, and she also won the gold medal for the best player on board four. In 2007, Colombo became the South American girls U18 champion.[3] Colombo won the Uruguayan women's championship for four consecutive years from 2007 to 2010.[4][5] In 2011, she qualified to play in the Uruguayan absolute championship, becoming the first woman to do so.[5] Later in the same year, Colombo finished third in the Zonal 2.5 women's tournament in Santiago de Chile.[6] Thanks to this result, she was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM), becoming the first from Uruguay.[7] In 2013, Colombo became again the Uruguayan women's champion.[8]

She was part of the Uruguayan team at the Women's Chess Olympiad in 2008 in Dresden, 2012 in Istanbul[9] and 2014 in Tromsø. Thanks to her performance in Dresden, Colombo was awarded the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2009.

Awards
  • 2010: first place in the U20 Absolute Uruguayan Championship.
  • 2011: third place in the South American Zonal Championship 2.5.
  • 2011: Female International Master.
  • 2012: twelfth place in the Absolute Uruguayan Championship.
  • 2014: ninth place in the Absolute Uruguayan Championship.
  • 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2012; 2013; 2014: first place in the Uruguayan Women's Championship.

References
  1. "Ajedrecista, Escuela Uruguaya de Ajedrez en Club Banco República" [Chess Player, Uruguayan School of Chess for Club Banco República]. El Observador (in Spanish). 9 May 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. "Camila Colombo Seré Campeona Sudamericana Estudiantil Sub 12" [Camila Colombo Seré Under-12 South American Student Champion] (in Spanish). educajerez. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. BrasilBase. "Federación 2007 - 4° Campeonato Sulamericano u18 (boys), 3° Campeonato Sulamericano u18 (girls)" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. "Camila Colombo se proclamó campeona nacional de Ajedrez" [Camila Colombo Proclaimed National Chess Champion]. LR21 (in Spanish). 17 April 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. "Una Dama en la Final – MF Camila Colombo" (in Spanish). Academia de Ajedrez nau64. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. "Carolina Luján ganó el zonal sudamericano 2.5 en Chile". Noticias de ajedrez (in Spanish). ChessBase. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  7. "Camila Colombo es la primera WIM de Uruguay" [Camila Colombo is Uruguay's First WIM] (in Spanish). Club de Ajedrez la Proa. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  8. "La WIM Camila Colombo es la Campeona Uruguaya de 2013" [The WIM Camila Colombo is the 2012 Uruguayan Champion] (in Spanish). Chessdom. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  9. "Camila Colombo, la primera campeona sub 20" [Camila Colombo, the First Woman Sub-20 Champion]. El Observador Referi (in Spanish). 11 April 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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