Beatriz Marinello
Candidate for FIDE Vice President
General Secretary FIDE Americas
Woman International Master (WIM)
Born: May 14, 1964
Ethnic background: Latin American (Born in Chile, Based in the United States)
Degrees and Titles
- Woman International Master (WIM)
- US Chess Federation Life Master
- Zonal President
- General Secretary FIDE Americas
- Former U.S. Chess Federation President
- Former Member FIDE Verification Commission
- Member of the U.S. Scholastic Council
- Member of the U.S. Life Members Assets Committee
- Member of the U.S. Chess Trust
- Certified Public Accountant
Awards
- 2009 Distinguished Service Award, US Chess Federation
- 2009 Harold Dondis Service Award, US Chess Trust
- 2008 Chess Educator of the Year, University of Texas at Dallas
- 2002 Meritorious Services Award, US Chess Federation
- 2001 Scholastic Service Award, US Chess Federation
Chess Career History
- 1979-1988 Seven times Women’s Champion of Chile
- 1985-1989 Chess journalist “Diario La Nacion” Chile
- 1983-1987 Director of Public Relations, Chilean Chess Federation
- 1991 Represented the USA in the Women’s Interzonal, Former Yugoslavia
- 1993 Represented the USA in the Women’s Interzonal, Indonesia
- 1994 Player and Captain of the USA Women’s Chess Team, Russia
- 1997-2000 Scholastic Director, U.S. Chess Federation
- 2001-2003, 2005-Current Member of the U.S. Scholastic Council
- 2002-Current General Secretary FIDE Americas
- 2003-2005 Elected U.S. Chess Federation President and became the U.S. Chess Federation’s first (and only) woman president.
- 2005-Current Member of the U.S. Life Members Assets Committee
- 2006-2010 Member FIDE Verification Commission
- 2008-Current Member of the U.S. Chess Trust
- 2009 – Current Zonal President
- 1991-Present Promoting chess and education.