Darcy Lima

Darcy Gustavo Machado Vieira Lima ( the World Chess Federation FIDE Darcy Lima, born 22 May 1962 Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian chess player, functionary, editor and teacher.

From 1999 to 2005 he was president of the Brazilian Chess Federation for two terms. He initiated his presidency included a school chess program in order to make the chess sport for socially disadvantaged groups to access. He is the editor of the chess magazine Xeque Mate.

Achievements

In 1980 he won the Brazilian Junior Championship in Fortaleza. Three times he was Brazilian 's singles champion: 1992 in Curitiba, Brasília in 2002 and 2003 in Miguel Pereira, Rio de Janeiro.

In June 2000, he won the tournament zone of São Paulo. In the subsequent World Cup excretion in November 2000 in New Delhi, however, he resigned in the first round against Alexander Grishchuk. In September 2003, he again won a zone tournament in São Paulo, in the subsequent FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 in Tripoli in June of that year he retired in the first round against Vadim Zvyagintsev from. In the World Chess Cup 2005 in Khanty-Mansiysk in November this year, he left in the first round against Constantine Zakayev, the World Chess Cup 2007 in November in Khanty-Mansiysk, he failed again, as in 2000, in the first round of Alexander Grishchuk.

With the Brazilian national team he participated 1988-2008 in eleven Chess Olympiads with a total score of 61 points from 117 games ( 41, = 40, -36 ) and at the Chess World Team Championship in 2010. During the Chess Olympiad 2010, he accompanied the Brazilian team not as a player, but as a captain. Four times he participated in the Pan-American team championships (1991, 1995, 2000 and 2003) with a total score of 13 points from 17 games ( 10, = 6, -1). Chess club he plays in Brazil and Portugal, in the latter for the ACR Vale de Cambra.

The title of International Master in 1989 he was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2000 His current Elo rating is 2496 (as of July 2010)., The highest ever Elo rating was 2550 in April 2001.