Carla Heredia Serrano

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

Carla Heredia Serrano
Heredia in 2008
Country	Ecuador
Born	(1991-02-10) 10 February 1991 (age 33) Quito, Ecuador
Title	Woman Grandmaster (2013)
Peak rating	2250 (May 2013)[1]

Carla Heredia Serrano (born 10 February 1991) is an Ecuadorian chess player and Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2013).[2]

Biography

Heredia has won nine Ecuadorian Girl's Chess Championships in different age groups. She three times participated in World Girls' Junior Chess Championships (2009-2011).[3] In 2009, she won the American Girl's Chess Championship in U20 age group and Ecuadorian Women's Chess Championship, and has become the winner of the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship South American Zonal Tournament and got the right to participate in the finals.[4] In 2010 Heredia participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Hou Yifan.[5]

Heredia played for Ecuador in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[6]

• In 2008, at fourth board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dresden (+2, =2, -5),
• In 2012, at second board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+3, =1, -5),
• In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+2, =3, -4),
• In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+5, =2, -3),[7]
• In 2018, at second board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+4, =3, -3).[8]

In 2010, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title three year later.

References

1. "Ratings Progress Chart: Heredia Serrano, Carla". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
2. JMB (6 September 2018). "La Gran Maestra Carla Heredia triunfa en Dallas". Retrieved 5 December 2018.
3. "OlimpBase :: World Girls' Junior Chess Championship :: Heredia Serrano, Carla". olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
4. "All u need is Chess!: Biografia Carla Heredia Serrano".
5. "2010 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". mark-weeks.com.
6. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Carla Heredia Serrano". olimpbase.org.
7. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women". chess-results.com.
8. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women". chess-results.com.

External links

• Carla Heredia Serrano rating card at FIDE
• Carla Heredia Serrano player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Carla Heredia Serrano chess games at 365Chess.com