Santiago Avila Pavas

{{short description|Colombian chess grandmaster (born 2004)}}

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| title = Grandmaster (2023)

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Santiago Avila Pavas (born 2004)https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main230564.pdf is a Colombian chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Avila Pavas, Santiago |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4437128/chart |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=ratings.fide.com}}

Chess career

Avila Pavas won the 2017 Under-20 Valle del Cauca Championship.{{Cite web |last=País |first=El |date=2017-03-21 |title=Santiago Ávila Pavas se quedó con un nuevo título de Ajedrez |url=https://www.elpais.com.co/deportes/santiago-avila-pavas-se-quedo-con-un-nuevo-titulo-de-ajedrez.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Noticias de Cali, Valle y Colombia - Periodico: Diario El País |language=spanish}}

Avila Pavas qualified for the Chess World Cup 2023, where he was defeated by Ilya Smirin on tiebreaks in the first round.{{Cite web |title=Carlsen, Magnus vs. Pantsulaia, Levan - FIDE World Cup 2023 |url=https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-world-cup-2023/2/1/2 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=chess24.com |language=en}}

Personal life

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