Carlos Garcia Palermo

Carlos Horacio García Palermo (born 2 December 1953) is an Argentine-Italian chess grandmaster.

Carlos Garcia Palermo
Palermo in 2009
CountryArgentina (until 2005)
Italy (since 2005)
Born (1953-12-02) December 2, 1953
La Plata, Argentina
TitleGrandmaster (1985)
FIDE rating2403 (October 2023)
Peak rating2550 (January 1986)

Born in La Plata, at the beginning of his career he defeated Robert James Fischer in a simultaneous display in 1970.[1][2]

In 1982, he beat then reigning World Chess Champion and number one player of the world, Anatoly Karpov at the prestigious international Clarin tournament, held in Mar del Plata (Jan Timman won).[3] Garcia Palermo is the only Argentine player to have beat a reigning world champion under classic time controls.

He took 2nd-3rd in Rubinstein Memorial at Polanica-Zdrój 1985. He won or shared first place at Bayamo 1983, Capablanca Memorial tournaments in Havana 1985, Havana 1986, and Camaguey 1987, Forli 1988, Canete 1994, La Plata 1998, and Faxinal 2002. In 2004 he took part in the FIDE World Championship, where he was knocked out in the first round by Ye Jiangchuan.

García Palermo represented Argentina in the World Team Chess Championship at Lucerne 1985, and played three times in the Chess Olympiad: for Argentina at Dubai 1986, and for Italy at Manila 1992, Turin 2006.[4]

He was awarded the titles of International Master in 1981 and Grandmaster in 1985.

References

  1. Christian Sánchez. Fischer in Argentina (1970). Asociación Rosarina de Ajedrez. (in Spanish)
  2. "Robert James Fischer vs Carlos Garcia Palermo (1970)".
  3. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1068284 game to replay at Chessgames.com
  4. Carlos García Palermo team chess record at OlimpBase.org


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