.jpg) Jimenez in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1987-07-07)July 7, 1987 (age 38) Pinar del Rio, Cuba |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Cuba (until 2014) United States (since 2014) |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009) |
| FIDE rating | 2504 (February 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2617 (December 2012) |
Fidel Corrales Jimenez (born July 7, 1987) is a Cuban-Americanchess grandmaster.
In 2009 Jimenez shared first place withAlexander Shabalov in theAmerican Continental Chess Championship.[1]
He played in theChess World Cup 2009 andChess World Cup 2011, in both cases representing the Cuban Chess Federation, being defeated byAlexander Areshchenko andJudit Polgár, respectively, in the first rounds. In 2023, Jimenez won theWorld Chess Open in Philadelphia.
His sister isZenia Corrales Jiménez.
