Asela de Armas Pérez

Asela de Armas Pérez
Country	Cuba
Born	(1954-12-06) 6 December 1954
Title	Woman International Master

Asela de Armas Pérez (born December 12, 1954) is a Cuban chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1978). She is a ten-times winner the Cuban Women's Chess Championship (1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1988).

Biography

From the early 1970s to the late 1980s, she was one of the leading Cuban women's chess players. Asela de Armas Pérez won the Cuban Women's Chess Championships ten times: 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1988. In 1978, she was awarded the FIDE Women International Master (WIM) title.

Asela de Armas Pérez three times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

• In 1979, at Interzonal Tournament in Alicante shared 11th-12th place^[1];
• In 1985, at Interzonal Tournament in Havana shared 11th-12th place^[2];
• In 1987, at Interzonal Tournament in Smederevska Palanka has ranked 14th place^[3].

Asela de Armas Pérez played for Cuba in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[4]

• In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+2, =5, -4),
• In 1986, at second board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+3, =5, -4),
• In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+3, =1, -6),
• In 1990, at second board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+3, =2, -3).

References

External links

• Asela de Armas Pérez rating card at FIDE
• Asela de Armas Pérez player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Asela de Armas Pérez chess games at 365Chess.com