Mauricio Flores Ríos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Floresand the second or maternal family name is Rios.

Mauricio Flores
Country	Chile
Born	(1990-09-10) September 10, 1990 (age 34) Valparaiso, Chile
Title	Grandmaster (2009)
FIDE   rating	2529 (September 2025)
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.

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. In 2025 he published the book Chess Imbalances - a Grandmaster Guide, ^[4] discussing commonly occurring material imbalances such as bishop versus knight, possession of the bishop pair, opposite color bishops, a queen or rook being traded for other pieces, and so on.

Career

He played for Chile in three Chess Olympiads.

• In 2006, at fifth board in 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (-2 +1 =1).
• In 2012, at third board in 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+3 -3 =2).
• In 2014, at second board, in 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso(+3 -2 =4)

Titles

• 1st in the Pan American Sub 16 de Cuenca, Ecuador. (August 2006) ^[5]
• 1st in the Pan American Sub 18 de Cordova, Argentina. (July 2008) ^[6]
• 1st in Southwest Collegiate Championships (March 2009) ^[7]
• 6th Continental Championship in São Paulo, Brazil. (August 2009)
• 1st in US Class Chess Championship (2010) ^[8]
• 1st in Montcada International Open, Spain. (July 2013) ^[9]

Notable games

• Mauricio Flores vs Vladimir Burmakin, 2013, Slav Defense: General (D10), 1-0

References

1. "Flores Rios, Mauricio FIDE Chess Profile". FIDE. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
2. "UTB-TSC plays in Pan Am championship". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
3. "Chess Structures". Quality Chess. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
4. "Chess Imbalances". Quality Chess. April 2025. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
5. "Panamericano de la Juventud Sub 16". Fide America. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
6. "Panamericano de la Juventud Sub 18". Chess Results. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
7. "Southwest Collegiate Championships". FIDE. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
8. "Mauricio Flores Wins U.S. Class". The United States Chess Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
9. "GM Mauricio Flores Rios Wins Montcada Open". Chessdom. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

External links

• Mauricio Flores Rios rating card at FIDE
• Mauricio Flores Rios player profile and games at Chessgames.com