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Cristobal Henriquez Villagra
C Henriquez Villagra 
Courtesy of xadrezdiarionews.blogspot.com 

Number of games in database: 324
Years covered: 2007 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2597 (2581 rapid, 2531 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2630
Overall record: +95 -46 =70 (61.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 113 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (43) 
    B51 B30 B31 B52 B44
 Queen's Pawn Game (24) 
    D02 A45 E10 A46 D05
 King's Indian Attack (10) 
    A07 A08
 Caro-Kann (9) 
    B12 B13 B10
 Sicilian Najdorf (6) 
    B96 B90 B97 B94
 Vienna Opening (5) 
    C26 C28 C27 C25
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (45) 
    B62 B51 B30 B58 B31
 Queen's Pawn Game (17) 
    A45 D00 D02 E10 E00
 Caro-Kann (17) 
    B12 B10 B17 B11 B13
 King's Indian (16) 
    E71 E73 E94 E62 E91
 Semi-Slav (11) 
    D43 D44 D45
 Sicilian Richter-Rauser (11) 
    B62 B65 B61 B69 B67
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Ayyad vs C Henriquez Villagra, 2016 0-1
   P Devescovi Parreira vs C Henriquez Villagra, 2012 0-1
   D Cawdery vs C Henriquez Villagra, 2023 0-1
   C Henriquez Villagra vs Duda, 2019 1/2-1/2
   C Henriquez Villagra vs J Martinez Alcantara, 2012 1/2-1/2
   C Henriquez Villagra vs M Nascimento Pomar, 2018 1-0
   T Banusz vs C Henriquez Villagra, 2024 0-1
   Gelfand vs C Henriquez Villagra, 2015 0-1
   J B Bjerre vs C Henriquez Villagra, 2024 0-1
   C Henriquez Villagra vs I Prado Acebo, 2024 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Iberoamericano Championship (2023)
   Serbia Open Masters (2023)
   American Continental (2025)
   Iberoamericano Championship (2024)
   American Continental (2014)
   World Junior Championship (2016)
   American Continental (2018)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)
   Tromso Olympiad (2014)
   Budapest Olympiad (2024)
   FIDE Online Olympiad (2020)
   PRO League Group Stage (2019)
   Batumi Olympiad (2018)
   Chennai Olympiad (2022)
   Lindores Abbey Tal Mem (2021)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2012 Pan-Am U-20 championship by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 American Continental
   C Henriquez Villagra vs J G Cardoso Cardoso (May-30-25) 1/2-1/2
   C Henriquez Villagra vs A Diamant (May-29-25) 1-0
   L Quesada Perez vs C Henriquez Villagra (May-28-25) 1-0
   C Henriquez Villagra vs M Villanueva (May-27-25) 1-0
   M E Marrujo Pardo vs C Henriquez Villagra (May-26-25) 0-1

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CRISTOBAL HENRIQUEZ VILLAGRA
(born Aug-07-1996, 28 years old) Chile
[what is this?]

FIDE Master (2012); International Master (2013); Grandmaster (2017). Panamerican U18 Champion (2013); Chilean Champion (2015).

Master title

Henriquez gained his IM title directly when he won the 24th Pan American Youth Festival U18 Championship Open staged in Poços de Caldas in Brazil in July and August 2013.

Championships

<Youth> Besides winning the Panamerican U18 Championship, he placed 3rd in the World U18 Championship in 2014 behind the winner Olexandr Bortnyk and runner-up Suri Vaibhav.

<World> Henrique qualified via his result at Zonal 2.5 for the World Cup (2015), (1) where in the major upset of the first round he defeated former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand. This result enabled him to advance to the second round where he met and lost to Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga, thereby exiting the event.

Sources and references

(1) Wikipedia article: Chess World Cup 2015

Wikipedia article: Cristobal Henriquez Villagra

Last updated: 2017-08-07 04:49:59

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 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 327  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Henriquez Villagra vs D Abiuso  0-1442007Santiago Endesa 04C47 Four Knights
2. C Henriquez Villagra vs B Vizzotto  1-0512012ch-Pan Americano U20B40 Sicilian
3. O Garkauskas vs C Henriquez Villagra  0-1552012ch-Pan Americano U20D55 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. C Henriquez Villagra vs J Martinez Alcantara  ½-½712012ch-Pan Americano U20B32 Sicilian
5. C Henriquez Villagra vs O Zavarce  1-0562012ch-Pan Americano U20A34 English, Symmetrical
6. P Devescovi Parreira vs C Henriquez Villagra  0-1392012ch-Pan Americano U20D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. C Henriquez Villagra vs E Barbosa  0-1492012ch-Pan Americano U20B44 Sicilian
8. J D Gemy vs C Henriquez Villagra  1-0582012ch-Pan Americano U20A57 Benko Gambit
9. G Leiva vs C Henriquez Villagra  1-0442012ch-Pan Americano U20A43 Old Benoni
10. C Henriquez Villagra vs A Proudian  0-1212012ch-Pan Americano U20C25 Vienna
11. C Henriquez Villagra vs Hon Ki Tsang  1-0272014Tromso OlympiadD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
12. A Minhazuddin vs C Henriquez Villagra  1-0242014Tromso OlympiadB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
13. P Michalik vs C Henriquez Villagra  0-1472014Tromso OlympiadE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
14. C Henriquez Villagra vs E Torre ½-½1132014Tromso OlympiadD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. C Henriquez Villagra vs O N Al Ali  1-0632014Tromso OlympiadD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. L Cerbulenco vs C Henriquez Villagra  0-1452014Tromso OlympiadC70 Ruy Lopez
17. C Henriquez Villagra vs C Zhu  0-1382014Tromso OlympiadD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
18. C Henriquez Villagra vs L Valdes  1-0742014Tromso OlympiadB08 Pirc, Classical
19. F Rakotomaharo vs C Henriquez Villagra  0-1852014Tromso OlympiadD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. Williem Silva Barreto Junior vs C Henriquez Villagra  0-1302014American ContinentalA07 King's Indian Attack
21. C Henriquez Villagra vs A Souza Neves  1-0432014American ContinentalE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
22. F Cavalcanti vs C Henriquez Villagra  0-1422014American ContinentalE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
23. C Henriquez Villagra vs R Felgaer  ½-½232014American ContinentalB30 Sicilian
24. K Mekhitarian vs C Henriquez Villagra  1-0412014American ContinentalB65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4
25. C Henriquez Villagra vs M Llorens  ½-½472014American ContinentalA52 Budapest Gambit
 page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 327  PGN Download
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Jun-26-16  BIDMONFA: Cristobal Henriquez Villagra

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Aug-07-22
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Apr-03-25  Gottschalk: Not in database

[Event "Punta Arenas m"]
[Site "Punta Arenas"]
[Date "2016.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. O-O Nh5 13. d4 Qf6 14. Be3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Rd3 Rf7 18. a3 Raf8 19. Kh1 g5 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. Nbd2 Qg6 23. Ne4 Rf4 24. Re1 c6 25. c4 cxd5 26. cxd5 Nf5 27. Kh2 g4 28. hxg4 Rxg4 29. g3 Bxf2 30. Qxf2 Nxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3 32. Nh4 Rxd3 33. Nxg6 Rff3 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nc8 Rde3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Ncxd6 b6 38. Nc3 b5 39. Kg2 h5 40. Nde4 Rd3 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. d6 Kf5 44. Kh2 Rd4 45. Kh3 Ke6 46. Nc5+ Kxd6 47. Nxa6 Kc6 48. Nb4+ Kc5 49. Na6+ Kb6 50. Nb4 Rd2 51. Nbd5+ Kc6 52. Nb4+ Kb6 53. Nbd5+ Kb7 54. Nb4 Rxb2 55. Nxb5 Kb6 56. Nd6 Rb3+ 57. Kh4 Kc5 58. Ne4+ Kd4 59. Nf6 Kc4 60. Nc6 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Punta Arenas m"]
[Site "Punta Arenas"]
[Date "2016.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. h3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. f4 Nc6 16. Qf2 Bd8 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Nf3 Nb8 19. e5 d5 20. Nd2 Qb4 21. a3 Qxa3 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Ra1 Qf8 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Punta Arenas m"]
[Site "Punta Arenas"]
[Date "2016.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 d5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qb1 b5 16. Qa1 Qf8 17. Nb1 Nd7 18. Nd4 Nb6 19. Nd2 Nc4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Bg4 Qf7 23. Bxg7 e5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Bh6 Qg6 26. Rxd5 Ne7 27. Rd2 Qxh6 28. Qd1 Rc6 29. Qg4+ Qg6 30. Qxg6+ hxg6 31. Rc1 Nc8 32. e4 Nb6 33. Rdc2 Be7 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. g3 g5 36. h3 Rh6 37. Kg2 Rd6 38. a4 Nxa4 39. Rxc4 Nb2 40. Rc6 Rd2 41. Rxa6 Nd3 42. Rc7 Nxf2 43. Kf3 Nd1 44. g4 Kf8 45. Ra8+ Bd8 46. b5 Ke8 47. b6 Rf2+ 48. Kg3 Rb2 49. b7 1-0

[Event "Punta Arenas m"]
[Site "Punta Arenas"]
[Date "2016.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Qc7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. Na3 a6 8. Nc2 e6 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Ng3 Bh5 11. Nxh5 Nxh5 12. g3 Nf6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bd2 h6 15. f4 Ne7 16. O-O-O g6 17. Rhf1 h5 18. Ne1 Nf5 19. Nf3 O-O-O 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Ne5 Rhf8 23. Be1 Bc7 24. Rf3 Nd6 25. c4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27. Rb3 Qxb3 28. axb3 Nxe5 29. Rxc7 Nd5 30. Rc5 Nd7 31. Rc4 Rc8 32. Qf3 N5b6 33. Rc3 Nf6 34. Bd2 Nbd5 35. Rc4 Rfd8 36. Qe2 Nd7 37. h3 b5 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. Qf3 Rh8 40. Qf1 Kb7 41. Qe1 Nb8 42. Qe5 Rd8 43. f5 exf5 44. Bg5 Nc6 45. Qg7 Rd7 46. Qh8 Nc7 47. Bf6 Nd5 48. Bg5 Kc7 49. Qe8 f6 50. Bd2 g5 51. Qxh5 Nxd4 52. Ba5+ Kd6 53. Qe8 Nc6 54. Qf8+ Ke6 55. Bd2 Nde7 56. Bc3 Nd5 57. Qc8 Kd6 58. Qxa6 Rh7 59. Qxb5 Rxh3 60. b4 Nce7 61. Qc5+ Ke6 62. b5 Rh8 63. Bd4 f4 64. gxf4 gxf4 65. b6 Rb8 66. Qb5 f3 67. Bf2 Nc8 68. Qc6+ Nd6 69. Bc5 Rd8 70. b7 f2 71. Bxf2 Nb4 72. Qb6 Kd5 1-0

May-28-25  Gottschalk: American Continental 2025

Results of the 7th round
https://chess-results.com/tnr112681...

Standings after 7th round
https://chess-results.com/tnr112681...

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