Cristóbal Guillermo Henríquez Villagra (born 7 August 1996) is a Chilean

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player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by

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in 2017, at the age of 20.

Career

He was awarded the title of

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following his win in the 2013 Pan-American Youth chess championship in Brazil. He was runner-up in the 2014 Chilean championship, and won it in 2015. Henríquez Villagra won the 2014 Pan American junior championship. He played third board for Chile at the

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, scoring 6.5/9. In the 2014 World Under-18 championship he finished in a tie for third. In 2015 he finished in a tie for second at the FIDE zonal in

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, then won the playoff against three Grandmasters to qualify for the

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in September of that year. At this event, he caused a major upset in the first round by defeating leading grandmaster

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in the rapid play-off. In the 6th

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Open in 2019 he tied 2nd-8th place with

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, Deivy Vera Siguenas, Renato R. Quintiliano Pinto,

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, Salvador Alonso, and Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in March 2017.

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* * 1996 births Living people Chilean chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess players from Santiago, Chile {{Chile-chess-bio-stub