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Colombian chess player (born 1986)| Nadya Ortiz | |
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| Full name | Nadya Karolina Ortiz |
| Country | Colombia |
| Born | (1986-10-20) October 20, 1986 (age 38) Ibagué, Colombia |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster |
| Years active | 1996-2012 |
Nadya Karolina Ortiz (born 20 October 1986), better known as Nadya Ortiz, is a Colombian chess player. In 2010, she obtained the title of Woman Grandmaster, becoming the first Colombian chess player to achieve such recognition.
Ortiz was born in the city of Ibagué, the capital of the Tolima Department. Her father taught him to play chess at the age of six.
In 1999, she won the Colombian Under-12 school championship in Pereira. In 2001, she won the national women's individual tournament in Medellín, and two years later, the women's Pan American Under-18 championship in Bogotá. For this victory, she received the title of International Master.
She attended the University of Texas at Brownsville on a chess scholarship. She then earned a master's degree in computer science from Purdue University in 2014.
References
- "La ajedrecista Beatriz Franco ya es gran maestra". www.vanguardia.com (in Spanish). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- Tally, Steve. "Real-life success story parallels that of 'Queen's Gambit' character". www.purdue.edu. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
External links
- Nadya Ortiz rating card at FIDE
