Joshua Ruiz
{{short description|Colombian chess player (born 1997)}}
{{family name hatnote|Ruiz|Castillo|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| name = Joshua Ruiz
| image = Joshua Ruiz at 2019 Andorra open.jpg
| caption = Ruiz at the 2019 Andorra open
| full_name = Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo
| country = Colombia
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|7|8}}
| birth_place = Bogotá, Colombia
| title = Grandmaster (2019)
| rating =
| peakrating = 2510 (February 2020)
| FideID = 4400704
}}
Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo (born 1997) is a Colombian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019.
Chess career
Ruiz Castillo won the Colombian Chess Championship in 2014, becoming the youngest Colombian champion ever.{{Cite web|url=https://es.chessbase.com/post/joshua-ruiz-el-campen-ms-joven-de-colombia|title=Joshua Ruiz, el campeón más joven de Colombia|last=Ruiz Jasbon|first=José Orlando|date=2014-05-05|website=Noticias de ajedrez|publisher=ChessBase|language=es|access-date=2019-07-05}}
In 2017, he competed in the FIDE World Cup, and was knocked out by Wesley So in the first round. In 2019, Ruiz Castillo earned the title Grandmaster (GM) after his Elo rating exceeded 2500 during the Master Open Alekhine Memorial tournament in Russia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.redmas.com.co/deportes/joshua-ruiz-nuevo-maestro-internacional-ajedrez/|title=Joshua Ruiz, nuevo maestro internacional de ajedrez|date=2019-07-02|website=RED+ Noticias|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-07-05|archive-date=5 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705234207/http://www.redmas.com.co/deportes/joshua-ruiz-nuevo-maestro-internacional-ajedrez/|url-status=dead}} He achieved the norms required for the title at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships of 2012 and 2013, where he took the gold medal on both occasions, and at the L.A.B. GM norm tournament in Bogotá 2012.[https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=4400704&title=GM&pb=37 Title applications. 84th FIDE Congress, Tallinn, EST, 30 September - 10 October 2013]. FIDE.
References
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External links
- {{Chessgames player|143125|Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo}}
- {{OlimpBase player|8go28q0s|Joshua Daniel Ruíz Castillo}}
- {{FIDE|name=Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo}}
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Category:Colombian chess players
Category:Sportspeople from Bogotá
Category:21st-century Colombian sportsmen
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