Pablo Salinas Herrera

Pablo Salinas Herrera (born 3 June 1994) is a Chilean chess player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2019.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salinas and the second or maternal family name is Herrera.
Pablo Salinas
Full namePablo Salinas Herrera
CountryChile
Born (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994
TitleGrandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating2460 (October 2023)
Peak rating2514 (April 2020)

Career

Salinas has won the Chilean Chess Championship five times; in 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021 and 2022.[2]

He has represented Chile in the Chess Olympiad three times; in 2012 (scoring 3/8 on board 4),[3] 2014 (5/7 on board 5)[4] and 2018 (5.5/10 on board three).[5]

Salinas earned the Chilean federation spot to qualify for the Chess World Cup 2021, where he defeated Mads Andersen 1½-½ in the first round, and was defeated by the same score by Peter Svidler in the second round.[6]

He also qualified for the Chess World Cup 2023, where he defeated Denis Kadrić in the first round, but was defeated by Amin Tabatabaei in the second round.[7]

References
  1. "Salinas Herrera, Pablo". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. "Nuestros Campeones". www.ajefech.cl. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  3. "OlimpBase :: 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Chile". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  4. "OlimpBase :: 41st Chess Olympiad, Tromsø 2014, Chile". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  5. "OlimpBase :: 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018, Chile". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  6. "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  7. "FIDE World Cup 2023". chess24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.


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