Marcelo Carrión

Marcelo Carrión
Country	Dominican Republic
Born	(1956-05-10) 10 May 1956 (age 68)
Title	FIDE Master (2009)
Peak rating	2300 (January 1977)

Marcelo Carrión (born 10 May 1956) is a Dominican chess FIDE Master (FM) (2009) and Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (1976).

Biography

In 1986, Marcelo Carrión won the Columbia District Chess Championship.^[1] He participated in multiple Dominican Chess Championships. In 2001, Marcelo Carrión shared first to fourth place in the Dominican Chess Championship, ranking third by additional scores.^[2] In 2001, he ranked third in the Santo Domingo International Chess Tournament.^[3]

Marcelo Carrión played for the Dominican Republic in the Chess Olympiads:^[4]

• in 1976, at the third board in the 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa (+7, =4, -0), winning an individual gold medal,
• in 1984, at the fourth board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4, =3, -2),
• in 2002, at the first reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+0, =0, -3).

Marcelo Carrión played for the Dominican Republic in the World Student Team Chess Championship:^[5]

• in 1974, at the second board in the 20th World Student Team Chess Championship in Teesside (+3, =2, -7).

Marcelo Carrión played for the Dominican Republic in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship:^[6]

• in 1980, at the fourth board in the 2nd World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship in Mexico City (+2, =2, -7).

References

1. "Previous D.C. Champions". www.dcchess.net.
2. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Campeonato Nacional Masculino 2001". chess-results.com.
3. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Luis Payan In Memorian". chess-results.com.
4. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Marcelo Carrión". www.olimpbase.org.
5. "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Marcelo Carrión". www.olimpbase.org.
6. "OlimpBase :: World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship :: Marcelo Carrión". www.olimpbase.org.

External links

• Marcelo Carrion player profile and games at Chessgames.com