Mauricio Flores Ríos

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Mauricio Flores
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CountryFlag of Chile.svg  Chile
Born (1990-09-10) September 10, 1990 (age 33)
Valparaiso, Chile
Title Grandmaster (2009)
FIDE   rating 2529 (December 2023)
Peak rating 2537 (September 2013)

Mauricio Flores Rios (born September 10, 1990, in Valparaiso) is a Chilean chess player who holds the Grandmaster title. [1] As of January 2015 he has a FIDE rating of 2531, [1] is number 1 in Chile among active players.

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In 2009 Mauricio Flores Rios moved to Brownsville, Texas after being recruited by the University of Texas at Brownsville. He played for UT Brownsville at the Final Four (President's Cup) of 2009, 2010 and 2011, as well as the Pan-American Intercollegiate of 2009-2012. [2]

In 2015, Flores Rios published the book Chess Structures - a Grandmaster Guide, [3] providing a study of the 28 most frequently recurring pawn structures in practice.

Career

He played for Chile in three Chess Olympiads.

Titles

Notable games

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References

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  2. "UTB-TSC plays in Pan Am championship". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  3. "Chess Structures". Quality Chess. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. "Panamericano de la Juventud Sub 16". Fide America. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  5. "Panamericano de la Juventud Sub 18". Chess Results. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  6. "Southwest Collegiate Championships". FIDE. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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