Beatriz Marinello
| Beatriz Marinello | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Born | May 14, 1964 Chile |
| Title | Woman International Master (1991) |
| Peak rating | 2230 (January 1997) |
Beatriz Mansilla Marinello (born May 14, 1964) is a Chilean-American chess player and chess official. She was a vice president of FIDE from 2010[1][2] to 2018. Marinello was previously president of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) from 2003 to 2005 and a member of the executive board from 2003 to 2007.[3] She was elected general secretary of the Association of Chess Professionals in 2019.[4]
Marinello started playing chess at the age of 13 and became national women's champion of Chile when she was 16 years old. In 1980, she was awarded the title Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE. She organized her first national championship in Chile at the age of 20 years, and later organized other international competitions.[3]
Marinello arrived in the United States from Chile in 1990, and became a chess teacher in Miami. She represented the US in two Women's Interzonal Tournaments: in 1991 in Subotica and in 1993 in Jakarta. She also represented the United States in the 1994 Women's Chess Olympiad held in Moscow.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Beatriz Marinello". FIDE Social Action Commission. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ "Beatriz Marinello Elected Vice-President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE)". The U.S. Chess Trust. October 11, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ a b "20 Questions with USCF President Beatriz Marinello". Chessville. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
- ^ "New ACP Officers". ACP. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Chess Olympiads: Beatriz Marinello". OlimpBase. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
External links
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- Beatriz Marinello rating card at FIDE
- Beatriz Marinello rating and tournament record at US Chess Federation
- Beatriz M. Marinello chess games at 365Chess.com
- Beatriz M. Marinello player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- "Interview with FIDE Vice President Beatriz Marinello" Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine at Chessdom.com
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Chess Woman International Masters
- American female chess players
- American chess players
- Chilean female chess players
- Chilean chess players
- Chilean emigrants to the United States
- Chilean people of Italian descent
- American people of Italian descent
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- Chess officials
- 21st-century American women