Aug-04-08
 | | Caissanist: 16 year-old FM Cristhian Cruz of Peru. He apparently liked Europe so much when he went to the last olympiad that he decided to stay, and his improvement since then has been mind-boggling. The 2225 rating is from April 2006; on the July 2008 list he is at 2508, and Fide projects that he has risen to 2520 since then. That would make him Peru's second player, behind GM Granda. |
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Oct-16-08
| | Caissanist: Now in fact Peru's second player, at 2534 (2545 projected)--but still only an FM, even though he reportedly got the necessary IM norms years ago. Cruz seems to be on bad terms with the Peruvian chess federation and was widely criticized for moving to Spain, which may have something to do with the delay. |
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Nov-11-09
 | | Tabanus: He's an IM, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Picture of him as champion of Peru in October 2009:
http://www.ajedreztabiyaalcoy.es/cl... |
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Nov-15-09
| | Tabanus: He won today a rapid tournament in Casar de Caceres, Spain: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr272... |
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Nov-17-09
| | Caissanist: Tabanus--do you have any further information about the 2009 Peruvian championship? I looked on the net and could find nothing, in English or Spanish. |
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Nov-22-09
| | Tabanus: <Caissanist> I can't find anything either. The picture: I interpreted "El Campeón M.I. Cristhian Cruz de Perú" as "Champion of Peru". I guess it just means Champion Cruz from Peru. |
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Nov-22-09
| | Tabanus: <Caissanist> Perhaps this is the championship of Peru 2009, with best players lacking? http://www.torre64.com/modules.php?... |
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Nov-24-09
| | Caissanist: <tabanus>--yes, that was it, thanks. The 2009 event was a weak open tournament without the participation of any of the Cruz's, or any other of Peru's top players. Pervuian chess federation release: http://www.ajedrezenperu.com/module.... The championship referred to in the picture appears to be a Spanish club championship. Neither Cruz nor his father has played outside of Spain since coming to that country. |
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Nov-24-09
| | Caissanist: Story about the Spanish club tournament Cruz won, which mentions that he has two GM norms: http://www.ajedreztabiyaalcoy.es/cl... |
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Mar-05-10
| | Caissanist: According to this Chessbase report, Cruz has now qualified for the GM title: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/n.... |
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Apr-05-10
| | Tabanus: He ended 5th today in the "Campionat de Catalunya Juvenil 2010" (Spain): http://www.chess-results.com/tnr321... The tournament winner Enrique Colon Garcia (born 1993) does not have any cg games yet. (Nor have the silver medalist, while the bronze winner has one.) |
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Oct-18-10
| | Caissanist: The last few months have not been kind to the Cruz family; Christian, Filemon, and Jonathan Cruz have all lost a lot of rating points. |
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| Oct-18-10 | | asianwarrior: How come he was not with the 2010 Peruvian chess olympic team? |
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| Dec-15-11 | | BIDMONFA: Christian Cruz CRUZ, Christian
http://www.bidmonfa.com/cruz_cristi...
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