Echesspedia

Chile has participated in 23 Olympiads since 1939 (except 1952, 1954 1962, 1968, 1970 and 1972) and collected three individual medals.

The best achievement was 8th in 1950. Known players are Letelier, Cifuentes (now living in Spain), Morovic and Vasquez both Grandmasters.

In 2011, Chile lists four Grandmasters, eight International Masters in a total of  47 titles players.

Kamsky vs. Morovic lead the match Chili vs. USA, Olympiad 2010

The national champions were:

1920 Carlos Peralta, 1922 Otto Junge, 1924 Mariano Castillo, 1926 Mariano Castillo, 1927 Mariano Castillo, 1929 Mariano Castillo, 1931 Rodrigo Flores, 1932 Enrique Reed, 1934 Mariano Castillo, 1935 Rodrigo Flores, 1937 Julio Salas Romo, 1938 Rodrigo Flores, 1940 Mariano Castillo, 1941 Rodrigo Flores, 1944 Rodrigo Flores, 1946 Tulio Pizzi, 1948 Mariano Castillo, 1949 Mariano Castillo, 1950 Rodrigo Flores, 1951 Rodrigo Flores, 1952 Rodrigo Flores, 1953 Mariano Castillo, 1954 Julio Salas Romo, 1955 Julio Salas Romo, 1956 Rodrigo Flores, 1957 René Letelier, 1958 Moisés Stekel, 1959 René Letelier, 1960 René Letelier, 1961 Rodrigo Flores, 1962 Julio Salas Romo, 1964 René Letelier, 1965 Rodrigo Flores, 1966 Walter Ader, 1968 David Godoy, 1969 Carlos Silva, 1970 Pedro Donoso, 1971 Carlos Silva, 1972 René Letelier, 1974 Carlos Silva, 1975 Carlos Silva, 1976 Carlos Silva, 1977 Pedro Donoso, 1978 Pedro Donoso, 1979 Javier Campos, 1980 Javier Campos, 1981 Iván Morovic, 1982 Roberto Cifuentes, 1983 Roberto Cifuentes, 1984 Roberto Cifuentes, 1985 Roberto Cifuentes, 1986 Roberto Cifuentes, 1987 Fernando Rosa, 1988 Cristhian Montero, 1989 Rodrigo Vasquez, 1990 Hernán Salazar, 1991 Jorge Egger, 1992 Rodrigo Vasquez, 1993 Christian Michel, 1994 Eduardo Arancibia, 1995 Luis Rojas, 1996 Jorge Egger, 1997 Luis Valenzuela, 1998 Christian Michel, 1999 Jorge Egger, 2000 Miguel Lobos, 2001 Luis Valenzuela, 2002 Luis Rojas, 2003 Luis Dobson, 2004 Rodrigo Vasquez, 2005, Alvaro Valdes Escobar, 2006 Eduardo Arencibia Guzman, 2007 Mauricio Flores Ríos, 2008/9 Hugo Lopez, Silva, 2009/2010 Rodrigo Vasquez, 2011 Alvaro Valdes Escobar.

Rodrigo Vasquez Chilean champion 2009/2010