Thalia Cervantes Landeiro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cervantes and the second or maternal family name is Landeiro.
Thalia Cervantes Landeiro
CountryCuba (until 2015)
United States (since 2015)
Born2002 (age 21–22)
Havana, Cuba
TitleFIDE Master (2020)
Woman Grandmaster (2021)
Peak rating2338 (June 2021)

Thalia Cervantes Landeiro (born in 2002) is a Cuban-American chess player.

Chess career

She began playing chess at the age of 7, and studied under grandmaster Walter Arencibia. She won the U12 category of the Central American and Caribbean Championship, and the U14 Havana Provincial Championship. She immigrated to the United States in 2014, winning the U19 Susan Polgar Girls' Invitational at the age of 12.[1]

She has played for the United States in the 2021 Women's Chess Olympiad, where the team finished second overall.

In October 2022, she finished third in the U.S. Women's Championship.[2]

Personal life

She resides in St. Louis, Missouri, and studied sports business at Saint Louis University.[3]

References

  1. ^ Alvarez, Johanna (July 13, 2017). "She grew up playing chess on the streets of Havana. Now she's among the best in the U.S."
  2. ^ Rotermund, Maggie. "SLU Chess Team Member Finishes Third in 2022 U.S. Women's Chess Championship".
  3. ^ Norfleet, Miya (July 6, 2022). "For Cuban chess player, coming to St. Louis was the right move".