Gianmarco Leiva

Gianmarco Leiva (also Giuseppe Leiva Rodríguez; born 14 September 1995) is a Peruvian chess International Master (2013), two-times Peruvian Chess Championship winner (2012, 2017).

Gianmarco Leiva
CountryPeru
Born (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995
TitleInternational Master (2013)
Peak rating2449 (June 2017)

Chess career

Gianmarco Leiva twice participated in World Junior Chess Championships (2012, 2015).[1]

Gianmarco Leiva twice won Peruvian Chess Championship: in 2012[2] and 2017.[3]

In 2023 Gianmarco Leiva ranked in 8th place in American Continental Chess Championship and after American master Kirk Ghazarian declined to play replacement his in the Chess World Cup.[4]

In 2023, in Baku Gianmarco Leiva participated in single-elimination Chess World Cup and won in 1st round to Slovenian Grandmaster Anton Demchenko but in 2nd round lost to Emirati Grandmaster Salem Saleh.[5]

Gianmarco Leiva played for Peru in the Chess Olympiads:[6]

In 2021, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

References
  1. "OlimpBase :: World Junior Chess Championship :: Leiva Rodríguez, Giuseppe". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. Giuseppe Leiva es el campeon del Campeonato Nacional Absoluto de Perú
  3. Campeonato Nacional Absoluto Perú 2017
  4. XVI CAMPEONATO CONTINENTAL ABSOLUTO DE AJEDREZ DE LAS AMERICAS 2023
  5. FIDE World Cup - Pairings Tree
  6. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Giuseppe Leiva". www.olimpbase.org.


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