13 Facts About Deysi Cori

Deysi Estela Cori Tello was born on 2 July 1993 and is a Peruvian chess player, who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster, and is a three-time American Continental women's champion.

Deysi Cori competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2013 and 2015, and in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2010,2012,2015 and 2017.

Deysi Cori won the gold medal at the Pan American Youth Chess Festival in various categories: girls under 10, girls under 12, girls under 14, girls under 16 and girls under 18.

Also in 2008, Deysi Cori won the Pan American Girls U-20 Championship and the World School Chess Championships in the girls under 15 division.

In 2004, at the age of eleven, Deysi Cori made her debut on the national women's team at the 36th Chess Olympiad.

Deysi Cori played on the reserve board and scored 5 points out of 7.

Deysi Cori finished tied for first with Martha Fierro in the Women's American Continental Championship in September 2009, placing second on tiebreak.

In November 2009, Deysi Cori tied for first place at the World U-20 Girls Championship, taking the silver medal on tiebreaks.

In November 2010, Deysi Cori finished second in the girls under 18 division of the World Youth Championships in Porto Carras, Greece.

Deysi Cori won the American Continental Women's Championship for the first time in June 2011.

In May 2013, Deysi Cori tied for third place with her brother, Jorge Deysi Cori, and Argentine grandmaster Diego Flores in the American Continental Championship, placing fifth on tiebreak, and as a result qualified for the Chess World Cup 2013.

Deysi Cori earned a spot in the latter when her brother Jorge, who came first in the Zonal 2.4, renounced his.

In February 2016, Deysi Cori won for the second time the American Continental Women's Championship, which was held in her hometown, Lima.