| Fidel Corrales Jimenez | |
|---|---|
 Jimenez in 2009 | |
| Country | Cuba (until 2014) United States (since 2014) |
| Born | July 7, 1987 Pinar del Rio, Cuba |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009) |
| FIDE rating | 2531 (February 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2617 (December 2012) |
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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.
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