Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero

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Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero
Country Cuba (until 2022)
Mexico (since 2022)
Born (1989-09-08) September 8, 1989 (age 34)
Las Tunas, Cuba
Title Grandmaster (2020) [1]
FIDE   rating 2483 (June 2024)
Peak rating 2560 (May 2015)

Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero is a Cuban chess grandmaster who plays for Mexico.

Career

In August 2021, he finished third in the Mexican Open, behind Jorge Cori and Sandro Mareco. [2]

In February 2022, he tied for second place alongside Jaime Santos Latasa, Guillermo Vázquez, Jorge Cori, Emilio Córdova, and Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera in the Iberoamericano Championship. [3]

In November 2023, he won the Mexican Chess Championship ahead of Leonel Figueredo Losada due to better tiebreaks. [4]

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References

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. Colodro, Carlos (August 11, 2021). "Jorge Cori wins Mexican Open".
  3. "Iberoamericano Championship: Sandro Mareco clinches title". February 20, 2022.
  4. "Mexican Championship 2023: Obregon Rivero and Corrales Jimenes win titles". November 13, 2023.