Fernando Rodrigo Peralta Marenco is an Argentine

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grandmaster.

Chess career

In 1997, Peralta won the

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. He has since represented Argentina in multiple Chess Olympiads. Peralta competed in the 2007 Chess World Cup, where he was defeated by

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in the first round. Peralta is a three-time

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, winning the title in 2006, 2018, and 2022. He clinched the 2022 title ahead of Leandro Krysa and

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by defeating Pablo Acosta in the final round. Peralta competed in the

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, where he was defeated by Arseniy Nesterov in the first round.

References

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