Pablo Ricardi

Pablo Ricardi (born 25 February 1962) is an Argentine chess player who receive the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 1985.[1][2]

Pablo Ricardi
Country Argentina
Born (1962-02-25) 25 February 1962
Buenos Aires, Argentina
TitleGrandmaster (1985)
FIDE rating2464 (October 2023)
Peak rating2554 (January 2001)

He won the Argentine Chess Championship five times (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, and 1999), and was a sub-champion in 2005.[3] He also won or shared first at La Paz 1987 (Pan American Chess Championship), Buenos Aires 1991 (Seventh International Konex Master Chess Open Tournament),[4] Villa Gesell 1996, Buenos Aires 2003, and Santiago de Chile 2006.[5]

Ricardi played eleven times for Argentina in Chess Olympiads, from 1984 to 2006. He twice represented Argentina in the Pan American Team Chess Championship, and won team gold medal at Villa Gesell 1985, team silver medal at Cascavel 1995, and two individual gold medals there.[6]

Konex Foundation granted him the Platinum Konex Award in 2000 as the most important chess player of the decade.

References
  1. "Torneo IRT - Cerrado "Día del Trabajador" en el Círculo Tucumano de Ajedrez" [IRT Tournament - Closed "Worker's Day" in the Tucuman Chess Circle]. ajedrez.com.ar (in Spanish). 30 July 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. "FIDE profile Pablo Ricardi". ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016.
  3. "Major Tournaments and Argentine Chess Championships (notes in Spanish)". ar.geocities.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  4. "Konex Foundation and Sports: Chess". fundacionkonex.com.ar. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2008. 1991: Seventh International Konex Master Chess Open Tournament. First International Grand Prix held at Centro Cultural General San Martín in Buenos Aires. Winner: Pablo Ricardi.
  5. "Chessmetrics.com". Archived from the original on 14 April 2006.
  6. "OlimpBase.org". Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2022.


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