Danitza Vázquez
Template:Spanish name Danitza Fernanda Vázquez Maccarini (born April 25, 2000 in Caguas, Puerto Rico)[1] is a chess player from Puerto Rico. After winning the Central American and Caribbean U20 Girls Championship in El Salvador in 2013,[2] she was awarded by FIDE the title Woman International Master (WIM), becoming the youngest one in the world at the time.[3][1] In 2015, at 15, she became the youngest ever to win the chess championship of Puerto Rico; Vázquez finished first scoring 8/9 points, a full point ahead of the runner-up, International Master Alejandro Montalvo.[4][5][6][7] She won the bronze medal in the Girls U18 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2017.[8] In November of the same year, Vázquez won the Women's Zonal 2.3 Championship on tie-break from Maritza Arribas Robaina and Yerisbel Miranda Llanes. As a result, Vázquez qualified to play in the Women's World Chess Championship.[9][10]
Danitza Vázquez has played for the Puerto Rican team in the Chess Olympiad and the Women's Chess Olympiad.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Interview with WIM Danitza Vazquez". Chessdom. 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ "Boricua gana campeonato de ajedrez en El Salvador" (in Spanish). Metro International. 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ "Joven cagüeña se convierte en "master" internacional más joven del ajedrez". NotiCel (in Spanish). August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ^ González Cotto, Rafelli (2015-10-18). "Histórica hazaña de Danitza Vázquez Maccarini en ajedrez". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ Fuentes, Christian (2015-10-20). "Danitza Vázquez, campeona de ajedrez de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Metro International. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ "WIM Danitza Vazquez is 2015 Puerto Rico men's champion". FIDE. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ Vazquez, Miguel (2015-10-20). "Puerto Rico: Danitza Vázquez reina" (in European Spanish). ChessBase. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
- ^ "Russians Excel in the World Youth Championship in Uruguay". Russian Chess Federation. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
- ^ "Ajedrecista boricua gana histórica plaza para Mundial Femenino 2018". La Opinión (in Spanish). 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ^ "Danitza Vázquez se clasifica para la Copa del Mundo Femenina". Noticias de ajedrez (in Spanish). ChessBase. 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ^ Danitza Vázquez Maccarini team chess record at Olimpbase.org
External links
- Vazquez Maccarini, Danitza rating card at FIDE
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