Fidel Corrales Jimenez
.jpg) Jimenez in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 7, 1987 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Cuba (until 2014) United States (since 2014) |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009) |
| FIDE rating | 2533 (December 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2617 (December 2012) |
Fidel Corrales Jimenez (born July 7, 1987) is a Cuban-American chess Grandmaster.
Chess career
[edit]In 2009 Jimenez shared first place with Alexander Shabalov in the American Continental Chess Championship.[1]
He played in the Chess World Cup 2009 and Chess World Cup 2011, in both cases representing the Cuban Chess Federation, being defeated by Alexander Areshchenko and Judit Polgár, respectively, in the first rounds. In 2023, Jimenez won the World Chess Open in Philadelphia.
Personal life
[edit]His sister is Zenia Corrales Jiménez.
References
[edit]- ^ "Continental Absolute Chess Championship Americas 2009". Chessdom. August 4, 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Fidel Corrales Jimenez rating card at FIDE
- Fidel Corrales Jimenez player profile and games at Chessgames.com
