Gildardo García

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Gildardo García (9 March 1954 - 15 January 2021) was a Colombian chess player. He became Colombia's second Grandmaster in 1992.[1] He won the Colombian national champion 10 times.[2][3][4]

In 2006, he played in the chess olympiads for Colombia.[5]

García died in Medellín, Colombia from COVID-19 on 15 January 2021, aged 66.[6][7]

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  1. "Garcia, Gildardo FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  2. "Campeonato de Colombia de ajedrez". www.ajedrezdeataque.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  3. "Campeones colombianos". 2012-02-06. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  4. "The chess games of Gildardo Garcia". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  5. "Gildardo Garcia - Chess Games". old.chesstempo.com. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  6. https://twitter.com/FIDE_chess/status/1350153008005451777
  7. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (2021-01-15). "Luto en el ajedrez colombiano: muere el Gran Maestro Gildardo García". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-15.