Thalia Cervantes Landeiro
{{Short description|Cuban-American chess player (born 2002)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Cervantes|Landeiro|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = Cuba (until 2014)
United States (since 2014)
| birth_date = {{Bda|2002|11|28}}
| birth_place = Havana, Cuba
| title = FIDE Master (2020)
Woman Grandmaster (2021)
| peakrating = 2338 (June 2021)
}}
Thalia Cervantes Landeiro (born November 28, 2002) is a Cuban-American chess player.
Chess career
She began playing chess at the age of 7, and studied under grandmaster Walter Arencibia. She won the U12 category of the Central American and Caribbean Championship, and the U14 Havana Provincial Championship. She immigrated to the United States in 2014, winning the U19 Susan Polgar Girls' Invitational at the age of 12.{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article161057914.html|title=She grew up playing chess on the streets of Havana. Now she’s among the best in the U.S.|first=Johanna|last=Alvarez|date=July 13, 2017}}
She has played for the United States in the 2021 Women's Chess Olympiad, where the team finished second overall.
In October 2022, she finished third in the U.S. Women's Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.slu.edu/news/2022/november/chess-womens-championship.php|title=SLU Chess Team Member Finishes Third in 2022 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship|first=Maggie|last=Rotermund}}
Personal life
She resides in St. Louis, Missouri, and studied sports business at Saint Louis University.{{cite web|url=https://www.stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-07-06/for-cuban-chess-player-coming-to-st-louis-was-the-right-move|title=For Cuban chess player, coming to St. Louis was the right move|first=Miya|last=Norfleet|date=July 6, 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{FIDE|3520498}}
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Category:American chess players
Category:American female chess players
Category:Cuban female chess players
Category:Chess Woman Grandmasters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Chess players from Havana