Darcy Lima

Darcy Lima
Full nameDarcy Gustavo Machado Vieira Lima
CountryBrazil
Born (1962-05-22) 22 May 1962 (age 62)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
TitleGrandmaster (1997)
Peak rating2550 (April 2001)[1]

Darcy Gustavo Machado Vieira Lima (born 22 May 1962) is a Brazilian chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1989 and the Grandmaster title in 1997. Also a chess official, Lima was granted the titles of FIDE Trainer in 2010 and FIDE International Organizer in 2013. He was the president of the Brazilian Chess Confederation from 1999 - 2004 and then from 2013 - 2020.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Ratings Progress Chart: Lima, Darcy". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Presidentes da Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez - Tabuleiro de Xadrez". www.tabuleirodexadrez.com.br. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Interview with Darcy Lima, President of the Brazilian Chess Federation". Chessdom.com. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ "GM Darcy Lima addressed to Brazilian Congress". www.fide.com. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2019.