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G Garcia 
 
Gildardo Garcia
Number of games in database: 162
Years covered: 1974 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2401
Highest rating achieved in database: 2540
Overall record: +53 -58 =49 (48.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (54) 
    B42 B30 B31 B96 B84
 Ruy Lopez (9) 
    C67 C92 C83 C96 C95
 Sicilian Najdorf (9) 
    B96 B93 B90 B99
 Sicilian Kan (7) 
    B42
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (6) 
    B63 B66 B67 B62
 Sicilian Scheveningen (5) 
    B84 B82 B83
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (13) 
    C82 C69 C80 C78 C64
 Sicilian (13) 
    B87 B38 B23 B30 B39
 King's Gambit Declined (5) 
    C30 C32 C31
 Queen's Pawn Game (5) 
    A45 D02
 Two Knights (5) 
    C55
 Ruy Lopez, Open (5) 
    C82 C80
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J M Bellon Lopez vs G Garcia, 1976 0-1
   Geller vs G Garcia, 1978 0-1
   Sutovsky vs G Garcia, 1997 0-1
   L B Hoyos-Millan vs G Garcia, 1986 0-1

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GILDARDO GARCIA
(born Sep-03-1954) Colombia

[what is this?]
Colombian grandmaster.

 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 162  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. L Day vs G Garcia  1-067 1974 Harbourfront OpenB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
2. J M Bellon Lopez vs G Garcia 0-138 1976 CienfuegosB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
3. G Garcia vs Velimirovic  0-131 1976 Novi SadA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
4. G Garcia vs Taimanov  ½-½29 1977 LeningradD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. G Garcia vs Sahovic  0-127 1978 Lone PineC15 French, Winawer
6. J Loftsson vs G Garcia  1-048 1978 Lone PineE17 Queen's Indian
7. M Stean vs G Garcia  ½-½46 1978 Lone PineA28 English
8. G Garcia vs P Erlingsson  1-037 1978 Lone PineB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
9. Larry Evans vs G Garcia  ½-½35 1978 Lone PineA17 English
10. G Garcia vs R Gruchacz  0-134 1978 Lone PineB33 Sicilian
11. Geller vs G Garcia 0-122 1978 BogotaC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
12. E Meyer vs G Garcia  1-036 1978 Lone PineA04 Reti Opening
13. G Garcia vs J Whitehead  ½-½22 1978 Lone PineB35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4
14. G Garcia vs Huebner  ½-½24 1979 Wijk aan ZeeA33 English, Symmetrical
15. G Garcia vs Quinteros  0-138 1981 It (cat.13)A56 Benoni Defense
16. G Timoshchenko vs G Garcia  0-155 1981 BayamoC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
17. Christiansen vs G Garcia  1-054 1981 It (cat.13)E14 Queen's Indian
18. G Garcia vs Chandler  ½-½58 1984 Salonika (Greece)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
19. G Garcia vs Alburt  0-144 1985 US-chB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
20. J Benjamin vs G Garcia  1-062 1985 Hollywood 40/493D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
21. G Garcia vs Zuckerman  1-025 1986 New YorkB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
22. G Garcia vs D Gurevich  1-043 1986 New YorkB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
23. G Garcia vs Popovych  1-036 1986 SomersetB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
24. G Milos vs G Garcia  1-060 1986 OlympiadC67 Ruy Lopez
25. DeFirmian vs G Garcia  ½-½40 1986 OlympiadC19 French, Winawer, Advance
 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 162  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-08-02   AliAlAtor: Very interesting place !thanks a lot for let me go in...
Aug-10-02   morphynoman2: The first four games are not certainly Gildardo Garcia's. Maybe Guillermo Garcia or Silvino Garcia, the cuban masters?
Aug-10-02
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: Gildardo Garcia was born 09.03.1954 (according to chessbase.com), therefore it's hard to believe that he played Smyslov, Szabo, Geller, and Ivkov when he was 11. Perhaps it was a simul? Or what he a gifted prodigy?

In any case, the PGN files are clearly labelled "Gildardo Garcia." If anybody has the roster of the Havana '65 tournament we could settle this.

Anyhow, thanks for pointing this out.

May-08-04   denopac: I asked GM Gildardo Garcia about these discrepencies directly. He says that he did not play in Havana in 1965. He also never played in Hastings nor Leningrad.
Nov-26-05   WTHarvey: Here are some quick wins from Gildardo's early games: http://www.wtharvey.com/garc.html
Nov-26-05   Conde de Montecristo: Gildardo Garcia was born in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, and even tough he was born in 1954 he played Smyslov and these figures cause he was a prodigy.

He still lives in Bogota, Colombia and still play chess for fun.

Nov-26-05   Conde de Montecristo: I never understood why he stoped playing, he could have tried to reach 2600 and then keep going on chess world, but i guess he wanted to do some other things.
Nov-26-05   morphynoman2: Sorry, but he was born in Medellin and I think he lives there.
Nov-26-05   morphynoman2: I've submitted to chessgames.com the game Gildardo Garcia - Ivan Morovic, Linares, 1994, in my opinion the best game played by this great colombian G.M.
Nov-26-05   Guest1825: Chessgames, shouldn't players who achieve 'Player of the Day' status, have attached biographical information on their webpage?

Nov-26-05   Conde de Montecristo: You´re right, he is from the beatifull city of Medellin, and he lives there.
Nov-27-05   tigre44444: he actually lives in connecticut where he tutors rich kids for absurd amounts of money. he gave a simul at the connecticut state scholastics.
Nov-27-05   tigre44444: i know this because he wanted to tutor me, 70 US an hour is fee.
Jan-23-06   Dres1: yea, he lives in Connecticut, and he still plays chess.. geez is this how rumors get started?
Feb-25-06   BIDMONFA: Gildardo Garcia

GARCIA, Gildardo
http://www.bidmonfa.com/garcia_gild...
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Feb-25-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: 70/hour is "absurd amounts of money"? Absurdly high or absurdly low?

Where I live, garbage men make 20-30 per hour, housecleaners (maids) 40-50 an hour, carpenters charge 60-70 an hour, plumbers 80-100 an hour, and a good lawyer won't even look at you for less than 200/hour.

I would say that becoming a grandmaster is harder than becoming a plumber... so the way I see it, it's a bargain.

Feb-26-06   17.Bxg7: Gildardo Garcia has got the record of the "Player of the day" in <chessgames.com> (Feb 25-06) with less posts in his day. I hope better days will come...
May-14-06   andre1f: hey tigre444 i would like to get soem classes from gildardo.. is there any way i can contact him? email, phone # something... thank you
Jul-23-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Edmemphis: This guy plays in Florida quite a bit. Are you sure he lives in CT?
Jul-23-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Edmemphis: Also, his USCF state is Florida.
Jan-07-08   DarthStapler: I drew this guy once
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