Amelia Hernández
Amelia Ignacia Hernández | |
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Country | Venezuela |
Born | 7 June 1971 |
Title | Women FIDE Master (1988) |
Peak rating | 2126 (January 2001) |
Amelia Ignacia Hernández Bonilla (born June 7, 1971), is a Venezuelan chess Women FIDE Master (WFM) (1988), five-times Venezuelan Women's Chess Championships winner (1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2018), Women's Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist (1994).
Biography
In 1988, in Aguadilla, Hernández won the World Youth Chess Championship in U18 girl's group. She was awarded the title of FIDE Master (WFM) for this success, becoming the first Venezuelan chess player to receive this title. Hernández five times won Venezuelan Women's Chess Championships: in 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994 and 2018. In 1995, in Willemstad she won the Central American Women's Chess Cup.
Hernández played for Venezuela in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[1]
- In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+4, =2, -7),
- In 1992, at third board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+6, =4, -1),
- In 1994, at third board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+8, =1, -0) and won individual gold medal,
- In 1996, at third board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Yerevan (+7, =2, -3),
- In 2018, at second board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+3, =2, -3).[2]
- In 2020, Hernández also played the "I World Online Chess Olympiad", as a member of the Venezuelan Olympic team, scoring 4/4 (100%).
In 1996, Hernández graduated from the
References
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Amelia Hernández". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Dra. Amelia Hernández Bonilla". March 31, 2016. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016.
External links
- Amelia Hernandez player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Amelia Hernández chess games at 365chess.com
- Amelia Hernández la gran leyenda olimpica.