Beatriz Marinello
Encyclopedia
Beatriz Marinello is a Woman International Master chess
player from the United States
. She was president of the United States Chess Federation
(USCF) from 2003 to 2005 and a member of the executive board from 2003 to 2007.
Marinello arrived in the United States from Chile in 1990, and became a chess teacher in Miami. She represented the US in two Interzonals: the 1991 Interzonal in former Yugoslavia
and the 1993 Interzonal in Indonesia
. She also represented the United States in the 1994 Chess Olympiad
held in Moscow
. She was elected to the Executive Board of the U.S. Chess Federation in 2003, and served as USCF President from 2003 to 2005.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She was president of the United States Chess Federation
United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation is a non-profit organization, the governing chess organization within the United States, and one of the federations of the FIDE. The USCF was founded in 1939 from the merger of two regional chess organizations, and grew gradually until 1972, when membership...
(USCF) from 2003 to 2005 and a member of the executive board from 2003 to 2007.
Life
Marinello started playing chess at the age of 13 and became a National Women's Champion of Chile when she was 16 years old. In 1980, she was awarded the Women's International Master title. She organized her first national championship in Chile at the age of 20 years old, and later organized other international competitions.Marinello arrived in the United States from Chile in 1990, and became a chess teacher in Miami. She represented the US in two Interzonals: the 1991 Interzonal in former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
and the 1993 Interzonal in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. She also represented the United States in the 1994 Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
held in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. She was elected to the Executive Board of the U.S. Chess Federation in 2003, and served as USCF President from 2003 to 2005.