Fidel Corrales Jimenez

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Fidel Corrales Jimenez
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Jimenez in 2009
Country Cuba (until 2014)
United States (since 2014)
Born (1987-07-07) July 7, 1987 (age 37)
Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Title Grandmaster (2009)
FIDE   rating 2533 (February 2025)
Peak rating 2617 (December 2012)

Fidel Corrales Jimenez (born July 7, 1987) is an American chess Grandmaster.

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Chess career

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.

References

  1. "Continental Absolute Chess Championship Americas 2009". Chessdom. August 4, 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.