Darcy Lima

Darcy Gustavo Machado Vieira Lima (born 22 May 1962) is a Brazilian chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1989 and the Grandmaster title in 1997. Also a chess official, Lima was granted the titles of FIDE Trainer in 2010 and FIDE International Organizer in 2013. He was the president of the Brazilian Chess Confederation from 1999 - 2004 and then from 2013 - 2020.[2][3][4]

Darcy Lima
Full nameDarcy Gustavo Machado Vieira Lima
CountryBrazil
Born (1962-05-22) 22 May 1962
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
TitleGrandmaster (1997)
FIDE rating2416 (October 2023)
Peak rating2550 (April 2001)[1]

Chess career

In 1980 Lima won the Brazilian junior championship in Fortaleza.[5] He won the Brazilian Chess Championship three times (1992, 2002, 2003).

Lima won the South American zonal tournament at São Paulo twice, in 2000 and 2003. Thanks to these victories, he qualified to play in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 and the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, respectively. Lima also competed in the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk in 2005,[6] 2007 and 2011. Also in 2007, he tied for 1st-5th places in the American Continental Championship at Cali, Colombia.[7]

Lima represented Brazil eleven times in the Chess Olympiad (1988–2008).[8][9]

References
  1. "Ratings Progress Chart: Lima, Darcy". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Presidentes da Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez - Tabuleiro de Xadrez". www.tabuleirodexadrez.com.br. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. "Interview with Darcy Lima, President of the Brazilian Chess Federation". Chessdom.com. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. "GM Darcy Lima addressed to Brazilian Congress". www.fide.com. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. Adaucto Wanderley da Nóbrega. "Fortaleza 1980 - 7° Campeonato Brasileiro Juvenil". BrasilBase.pro.br. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  6. "World Chess Championship : 2005 World Cup". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  7. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Tournament-Database". Chess-results.com. 20 July 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  8. Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Darcy Lima". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  9. "Chessdom - Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008, teams". Tournaments.chessdom.com. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
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