Christo Cave

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Christo Cave
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Born19 December 1961 (1961-12-19) (age 62)
Title FIDE Master (2006)
FIDE   rating 2142 (March 2010)
Peak rating 2296 (January 2000) [1]

Christo Cave (born 19 December 1961) is a chess player from Tunapuna on the island of Trinidad, in Trinidad and Tobago. Cave is a former National Chess Champion and holds the record of thirteen wins in the Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship. [2]

He is a FIDE Master (FM) and has represented Trinidad and Tobago as the board 1 player at a number of World Chess Olympiads. [3] In 2006, he became the first chess player from the English speaking Caribbean to defeat an International Grandmaster at a major team tournament. [4] He has also won several chess competitions locally.

After a short hiatus due to the illness of a family member, Cave returned to competitive chess in 2011. [5]

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References

  1. "FIDE rating history :: Cave, Christo". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. Jacobs, Carl (14 December 2005). "Are champions born or made? Probing the mystery of Christo Cave". The Trinidad Guardian . Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  3. "Chess Olympiads :: Christo Cave". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. "Cave shocks Swede Grandmaster". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday . 31 May 2006.
  5. "Cave returns to National action". Trinidad and Tobago Express . 6 April 2006. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2013.