Roberto Cifuentes Parada (born 21 December 1957,

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

) is a Chilean

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grandmaster.

Chess career

He won five times

Chilean Chess Championship The Chilean Chess Championship is the national chess championship of Chile organised by the FENACH (Federacion Nacional de Ajedrez de Chile). In 2004–2006 there was also a championship organised by the FEDAC (Federación Deportiva de Ajedrez de ...

(1982–1986), and played seven times for Chile in

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(1978–1990). He also twice represented Chile in the Panamerican Team Chess Championship (1985 and 1987), and won individual gold and bronze, and team silver and bronze medals. He tied for 5-6th at San Pedro de Jujuy 1981 (

Pan American Chess Championship The Pan American Chess Championship, also American Continental Championship is an individual chess tournament organized since 1945. It is often a qualifier for the FIDE World Cup. First Pan American championships (1945 and 1954) The first Pan ...

, won by

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), won at Asunción 1986, took 6th at Santiago de Chile 1987 (the 13th ''Torneo Zonal Sudamericano'',

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won), and took 2nd, behind

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, at Rio Hondo 1987. Then he left Chile for the Netherlands, where he took 2nd place in the

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in 1993. He represented the Netherlands in the period 1992–2001. Among others, he took 3rd in the 30th

Capablanca Memorial The Capablanca Memorial is a chess tournament that has been held annually in Cuba since 1962 in honor of José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera. At the time, it was the best paid tournament in the world. Since 1974 B and C tournaments have been held ...

at Matanzas, Cuba 1995 (

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won). Next, he moved to Spain, and played for his new country in the

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at Calvià 2004. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1991. On the January 2010

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list, he has a rating of 2525. Cifuentes is interested in

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and often writes on this subject.

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