Xavier Vila Gazquez

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Xavier Vila Gazquez
Xavier Vila at the 2012 Andorra Open.jpg
Vila at the 2012 Andorra Open
Country Spain
Born (1990-03-08) 8 March 1990 (age 35)
Tarragona, Spain
Title Grandmaster (2011)
FIDE   rating 2440 (October 2025)
Peak rating 2494 (May 2011)

Xavier Vila Gazquez (born 8 March 1990) is a Spanish chess grandmaster (2011).

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Biography

Xavier Vila Gazquez has repeatedly represented Spain at European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships, where he won European Youth Chess Championship in 2008 in the U18 age group. Four times he won medals in Spanish Youth Chess Championships in different age groups: gold (2006) and three silver (2004, 2005, 2007). In 2008, he represented Spain at the European Boys' U18 Team Chess Championship. [1]

Xavier Vila Gazquez is winner of many international chess tournaments, including two Barcelona international chess tournaments (2002, 2004).

In 2007, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title four year later. [2]

References

  1. "OlimpBase :: European Boys' U18 Team Chess Championship :: Xavier Vila Gazquez". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-02-14.