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Gildardo Garcia
G Garcia 
 

Number of games in database: 578
Years covered: 1969 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2388
Highest rating achieved in database: 2540
Overall record: +217 -181 =179 (53.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (152) 
    B32 B63 B42 B33 B93
 Ruy Lopez (58) 
    C78 C67 C93 C92 C63
 Sicilian Najdorf (25) 
    B93 B96 B99 B97 B90
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (25) 
    C92 C93 C97 C99 C85
 French Defense (22) 
    C01 C19 C03 C05 C11
 Caro-Kann (21) 
    B18 B16 B14 B11 B13
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (49) 
    C78 C80 C64 C69 C82
 Sicilian (28) 
    B23 B87 B32 B30 B72
 Queen's Gambit Declined (26) 
    D37 D35 D30 D31 D36
 Orthodox Defense (23) 
    D58 D63 D51 D59 D52
 Queen's Pawn Game (20) 
    D02 A45 A46 E00 E10
 Ruy Lopez, Open (15) 
    C80 C82 C83
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Bellon Lopez vs G Garcia, 1976 0-1
   Geller vs G Garcia, 1978 0-1
   L B Hoyos Millan vs G Garcia, 1986 0-1
   G Garcia vs B Zuckerman, 1986 1-0
   G Garcia vs D Gurevich, 1986 1-0
   R O Perez Garcia vs G Garcia, 1996 0-1
   Sutovsky vs G Garcia, 1997 0-1
   Kotronias vs G Garcia, 2000 0-1
   G Garcia vs Krasenkow, 1997 1/2-1/2
   R Anderson vs G Garcia, 2001 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1984)
   Pan American Championship (1977)
   Tunja (1981)
   Mislata Open (1993)
   Pan American Championship (1974)
   Reykjavik Open (1994)
   Bayamo (1981)
   18th Lloyds Bank Masters Open (1994)
   New York Open (1994)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)
   Haifa Olympiad (1976)
   Novi Sad Olympiad (1990)
   Manila Olympiad (1992)
   New York Open (1995)
   American Continental (2005)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 12th American Continental
   G Garcia vs R Vasquez Schroeder (Jun-18-17) 0-1
   K Mekhitarian vs G Garcia (Jun-15-17) 1-0
   G Garcia vs A Ramirez Alvarez (Jun-13-17) 0-1
   Xiong vs G Garcia (Oct-09-15) 1-0
   D Ludwig vs G Garcia (Aug-07-13) 1/2-1/2

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GILDARDO GARCIA
(born Mar-09-1954, died Jan-15-2021, 66 years old) Colombia

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García became Colombia's second Grandmaster in 1992.

He won the Colombian national championship 10 times, in 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2003, and 2006. In 1974, he won the inaugural Pan American Junior Chess Championship. In 2006, he played in the chess olympiads for Colombia.

He died of COVID in Medellín, Colombia on 15 January 2021.

references:
http://www.ajedrezencolombia.com/ca... Wikipedia article: Colombian Chess Championship

Wikipedia article: Gildardo García

Last updated: 2024-07-11 02:48:14

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 page 1 of 24; games 1-25 of 583  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Garcia vs A Malachi  1-0511969World Student Team Championship Final-BC35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
2. G Garcia vs I Farago 0-1161969World Student Team Championship Final-BC05 French, Tarrasch
3. G Garcia vs C Scheinwald 0-1441973Wch U20 fin-CB32 Sicilian
4. L Day vs G Garcia  1-0671974Harbourfront OpenB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
5. G Garcia vs A Miranda  1-0281974Pan-American Youth ChampionshipB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
6. J Sunye Neto vs G Garcia  0-1421974Pan-American Youth ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
7. S Giardelli vs G Garcia  0-1381974Pan-American Youth ChampionshipA23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
8. G Garcia vs T R Lozano  ½-½631974Pan American ChampionshipC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
9. R Sanguineti vs G Garcia  1-0411974Pan American ChampionshipA13 English
10. C C Thompson vs G Garcia  0-1391974Pan American ChampionshipA25 English
11. P Nurmi vs G Garcia  0-1521974Pan American ChampionshipB72 Sicilian, Dragon
12. G Garcia vs E Jimenez Zerquera  ½-½671974Pan American ChampionshipB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
13. G Garcia vs P Biyiasas  0-1321974Pan American ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
14. G Garcia vs I Lipnowski  0-1431974Pan American ChampionshipC75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
15. G Garcia vs C Juliao  ½-½441974Pan American ChampionshipB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
16. G Garcia vs K Frey Beckman  1-0311974Pan American ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
17. P H Donoso Velasco vs G Garcia  1-0331974Pan American ChampionshipB72 Sicilian, Dragon
18. A S Segal vs G Garcia  ½-½741974Pan American ChampionshipA62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
19. Browne vs G Garcia  1-0421974Pan American ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
20. G Garcia vs H Ochoa  1-0391974Pan American ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
21. O H Castro Rojas vs G Garcia  ½-½301974Pan American ChampionshipA15 English
22. G Garcia vs A Scherman  1-0361974Pan American ChampionshipC54 Giuoco Piano
23. J Bellon Lopez vs G Garcia 0-1381976CienfuegosB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
24. T Nacino vs G Garcia  0-1221976Haifa OlympiadB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
25. G Garcia vs I Kanko  1-0251976Haifa OlympiadB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
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Oct-29-12  Jim Bartle: I agree with Conrad93. Concepts such as "value" and "worth" and the price of goods and services have nothing to do with economics.

(OCF: Sorry, just this once.)

Oct-29-12  Conrad93: At least you're not one-sided, Jim. Reason is not one way street.
Oct-29-12  Conrad93: Why are we discussing philosophy on Garcia's page?

To get off topic: he looks sort of like an older Petrosian. Compare the two profiles.

Oct-29-12  nok: <I might buy a piece of ground for dirt cheap intending to grow food just to support myself and bang! I strike oil. Am I in that case not entitled to the oil profits just because I didn't work hard to get them?>

In that case, yes, but that case is against the odds. You have to look at the statistical picture. If oil was routinely found in dirt it would be quite cheaper.

Oct-29-12  Conrad93: Nok, according to him, oil's price is based simply on what someone pays for it.

It's value is not based on its worth and benefit to society.

Oct-29-12  SimonWebbsTiger: I thought use value and exchange value - the two sides of the commodity in the capitalist mode of production - had been dealt with back in Karl Marx's day ("Das Kapital"). Old "Charlie" went on to discuss the commodity labour power as the source of value, socially necessary labour, the average rate of profit, the origin of economic crises, etc, etc.

Only modern day heathens in economic departments work with a theory of prices instead of a labour theory of value.

Anyway, this is a player profile....

Oct-29-12  Conrad93: Simon, we weren't discussing economics.
Oct-29-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Simon> et al: bring it over to my forum; I'll even take <Conrad93> off ignore so that we can enjoy the fruits of his immense wisdom.
Oct-29-12  Conrad93: This wouldn't qualify as wisdom. It would be considered knowledge.
Oct-29-12  brankat: Common sense in an uncommon degree is what people call wisdom.

<perfidious>

<..off ignore so that we can enjoy the fruits of his immense wisdom.>

Also, laughter is beneficial to one's health :-)

Oct-29-12  Conrad93: What we were discussing involved knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge tells me the facts, wisdom tells me to stop arguing online.
Oct-30-12  Infohunter: <OhioChessFan: Please don't feed the troll. Thanks.>

Looks as though that ended up being everyone else's cue to come out of the woodwork.

Oct-30-12  Conrad93: Infohunter, do you know what defines a troll, or has it just became another insult? I'm not trolling.
Oct-30-12  Infohunter: *I* never said you were a troll, <Conrad>, as you will see if you scroll back through my comments. My latest comment, please note, was an observation on the irony of what took place after <OCF> made his request. You are being needlessly defensive here.
Nov-01-12  brankat: <conrad93> <I'm not trolling.>

You are not "learning" either. Neither are You "educating" others. Nor are You exchanging thoughts/ideas. You have not had one single constructive discussion with anyone ever since you joined the site.

So. what exactly are you doing here?

You ARE trolling.

Jan-15-21  Granny O Doul: A victim of COVID-19: https://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/o...

Played him a couple of times; nice guy. So it goes.

Jan-15-21  vanwely: RIP Gildardo. A real fighter. While A. Zapata will be the greatest Colombian chessplayer, Gildardo was very close. They had a long and sometimes bitter rivalry, but reconciled later in life.
Jan-16-21  Eastfrisian: Sad, R.I.P. GM Garcia.
Jan-16-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Sure that he died on the 15th?
Mar-09-21  morphynoman2: Gildardo Garcia's Masterwork is the game against Walter Browne in Jacksonville, 1990. Isn't that game here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pd...
Mar-09-21  morphynoman2: I Submit this wonderful game to Chessgames.com. Enjoy it!

[Event "USA op"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Be2 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.e5 Bb7 13.exf6 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Bxf6 15.Bxa8 d5 16.Bc6+ Ke7 17.Rhe1 Qxf4+ 18.Kb1 Kd6 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Qg5 21.Nxf6 Qxf6 22.Nxb5+ Kc5 23.Rd6 Qf5 24.g4 Qf4 25.Red1 Qe4 26.Nc3 Qf4 27.R1d5+ Kc4 28.Rc6+ 1-0

Mar-09-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Garcia and Browne did play at the US Open in Jacksonville but that isn't the game. Yours is the game they played in the National Open in Las Vegas in June.
Mar-09-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: G Garcia vs Browne, 1990
Mar-09-21  morphynoman2: Thank you, MissScarlett. I don't know if the mistake is in the video or in the Database. Mr. Leontxo García says that game was played in Jacksonville.
Mar-09-21  Agferna: Just learned about Gildardo’s departure. Deeply saddened. Great person. Huge loss for Colombia, Latin America and Chess World. Will be missed. RIP.
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