Flores Rios, Mauricio (10.09.1990)

flores-rios-mauricioChilean chess Grandmaster (2009) is born in Valparaiso, Chile.

Best results: Pan American Sub 16 de Cuenca 2006 in Ecuador, 1st; Pan American Sub 18 de Cordova 2008 in Argentina, 1st; Southwest Collegiate Championships 2009, 1st; Continental Championship 2009 in São Paulo, 6th; US Class Chess Championship 2010, 1st; Montcada International Open 2013 in Spain, 1st.

He played for Chile in three Chess Olympiads (2006, 2012 and 2014). In 2015, Flores Rios published the book Chess Structures – a Grandmaster Guide, providing a study of the 28 most recurring pawn structures in chess practice.

Peak rating: 2537 in September 2013