Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero
{{Short description|Cuban-Mexican chess grandmaster (born 1993)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Obregon|Rivero|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = Cuba (until 2022)
Mexico (since 2022)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|9|8}}
| birth_place = Las Tunas, Cuba
| title = Grandmaster (2020){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main228440.PDF|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2560 (May 2015)
| FideID = 3507815
}}
Juan Carlos Obregon Rivero is a Cuban chess grandmaster who plays for Mexico.
Career
In August 2021, he finished third in the Mexican Open, behind Jorge Cori and Sandro Mareco.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/jorge-cori-wins-mexican-open-2021|title=Jorge Cori wins Mexican Open|date=August 11, 2021|first=Carlos|last=Colodro}}
In February 2022, he tied for second place alongside Jaime Santos Latasa, Guillermo Vázquez, Jorge Cori, Emilio Córdova, and Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera in the Iberoamericano Championship.{{cite web|url=https://fide.com/news/1588?fbclid=IwAR2iNcAAeYNfAvzWOr1PtOMevUk19dSv7mdlzY0t6J7V_QJsHSRnAmYpRfA|title=Iberoamericano Championship: Sandro Mareco clinches title|date=February 20, 2022}}
In November 2023, he won the Mexican Chess Championship ahead of Leonel Figueredo Losada due to better tiebreaks.{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/news/2737|title=Mexican Championship 2023: Obregon Rivero and Corrales Jimenes win titles|date=November 13, 2023}}
References
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Category:Mexican chess players