Deysi Cori
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Deysi Estela Cori Tello (born July 2, 1993, in Lima
) is a Peru
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player who holds the Woman Grandmaster title. As of May 2010, she has a FIDE rating of 2409, and is number 10 in Peru amongst active players, and the top rated woman.. In August 2011 she won the World Girls U-20 Chess Championship
At the 2009 World Youth Chess Championship
, held in Antalya
, Turkey, Cori won the U-16 Girls championship, winning nine of her first ten matches, and clinched the title with a round to spare. Cori' s younger brother, Jorge Cori, also won at the World Youth Chess Championship, taking the U14 boys division.
In the May 2010 rankings announced by FIDE, Cori is ranked 64th in the world amongst women players and tenth on the junior girls list. She is the only player in the girls Top 20 who resides in the Western Hemisphere.
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
) is a Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player who holds the Woman Grandmaster title. As of May 2010, she has a FIDE rating of 2409, and is number 10 in Peru amongst active players, and the top rated woman.. In August 2011 she won the World Girls U-20 Chess Championship
World Junior Chess Championship
The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament organized by the World Chess Federation ....
At the 2009 World Youth Chess Championship
World Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...
, held in Antalya
Antalya
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...
, Turkey, Cori won the U-16 Girls championship, winning nine of her first ten matches, and clinched the title with a round to spare. Cori' s younger brother, Jorge Cori, also won at the World Youth Chess Championship, taking the U14 boys division.
In the May 2010 rankings announced by FIDE, Cori is ranked 64th in the world amongst women players and tenth on the junior girls list. She is the only player in the girls Top 20 who resides in the Western Hemisphere.
Titles
- 1st in the Pan American Sub 20 de Cali. (June 2008)
- 1st in the World Chess School Singapore, sub 15. (July 2008)
- 1st International Tournament in La Roda, Spain. (April 2009)
- 2nd Continental Championship in Cali. (September 2009)
- 1st in the World Chess Championship Under 16 in Turkey (November 2009)
- 1st in the World Girls U-20 Chess ChampionshipWorld Junior Chess ChampionshipThe World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament organized by the World Chess Federation ....