Melissa Castrillón Gómez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castrillón and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Melissa Castrillón Gómez
Country Colombia
Born1995 (age 28–29)
TitleWoman International Master (2012)
Peak rating2301 (November 2018)

Melissa Castrillón Gómez (born 1995) is a Colombian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She has represented Colombia at three Chess Olympiads.

Biography

In 2009, in Mar del Plata, Castrillón won Pan American Girls' Chess Championship in the under 14 age group.[1] In 2011, in La Ceja she won South American Zonal Women's Chess Championship and was given the right to participate in Women's World Chess Championship.[2] In 2012, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Castrillón made her debut in the Women's World Chess Championship, where in the first round she lost to Nadezhda Kosintseva.[3]

She has played for Colombia at four Chess Olympiads (2012—2018) and won individual silver (2012) medal.[4]

Castrillón was awarded the Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2009,[5] and as a result of her performance in the 2011 South American Zonal Women's Chess Championship she was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 2012.[6]

She won the Women's section of the Colombian Chess Championship in 2020.[7]

References

  1. ^ Herzog, Heinz. "PANAMERICANO DE LA JUVENTUD 2009 Sub 14 Femenino". Chess-Results.com.
  2. ^ Herzog, Heinz. "Zonal Femenino 2.3 Colombia". Chess-Results.com.
  3. ^ "2012 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com.
  4. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Melissa Castrillon Gomez". OlimpBase.org.
  5. ^ Administrator. "XX Panamericano Mar del Plata U14 Fem September 2009 Argentina FIDE Chess Tournament details". ratings.fide.com.
  6. ^ Administrator. "Zonal Femenino 2.3 November 2011 Colombia FIDE Chess Tournament details". ratings.fide.com.
  7. ^ "Barrientos and Castrillon Gomez win Colombian Championship". FIDE.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.