Enrico Sevillano
Enrico Sevillano (born March 17, 1968) is a Filipino and American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012. He plays for the United States Chess Federation (USCF) where he has a Regular Rating of 2542, Quick Rating of 2488 and Blitz Rating of 2572 (as of December 2020). He is ranked #112 among all players in the US, #72 among all active players, #235 in the American Continent (#179 among active players) and #1796 among all players in the world (#1408 among active players). Per FIDE, he reached a peak rating of  2537 and currently has an ELO standard rating of 2447 and blitz rating of 2515. Early life. Sevillano grew up in the Philippines. All of Enrico's older relatives, including his dad and grandmother, played chess. Chess career. World and Asian Junior Chess Championship. Sevillano won the prestigious 10th Asian Junior Chess Championship held in Manila, Philippines in 1986. He also took part in two (2) World Junior Chess Championship editions: Overall, he has compiled 14 points in 26 games on the strength of 10 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses for a winning rate of 53.8%. Chess Olympiad. Sevillano  was a two-time participant in the Chess Olympiad for the Philippines: Overall, he has a record of 13.5 points in 20 games recording 11 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses for a 67.5% winning rate. Asian Team Chess Championship. He ended his stint in the Asian Team Chess Championship with a total 5.5 points in 9 games posting 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses and a 61.1% winning rate winning 3 medals all in all: 1 silver medal in individual play and 1 silver and 1 bronze in team competitions. Other significant tournaments. International Chess Festival. Sevillano is  a regular participant in the International Chess Festival held in Las Vegas, USA: US tournaments. Sevillano won the 2008 US Open Championship on better tie-breaks (45-43.5-43.5) over American GM Alexander Shabalov and IM Rade Milovanovic of Bosnia (but has represented the US since 2002) who all scored 8.0/9. He went unbeaten in the tournament with 7 wins and 2 draws. On January 19, 2009, Sevillano won the overall championship of the Western Class Championships in Agoura Hills, California. Sevillano and fellow IM Andranik Matikozyan both finished with 5.5 points, but Sevillano won the title after tie-breaks . In May 2009, Sevillano won the Westwood Spring International Open chess championship. Sevillano also won the 21st Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational, in August 2012. Sevillano also participated in the US Class Championship, a six-round event held from October 31 to November 2, 2014 at the spacious Santa Clara Convention Center. Sevillano ended up in a tie for 2nd place with IM Ricardo de Guzman both ending up with 4.5/6 and each received US$803.00 in the tournament won by GM Cristian Chirila. GM Sevillano also won the US National G/60 Championship that was held from November 5–7, 2004 at  Durango, Colorado, USA with a perfect score of 7/7. Sevillano also joined the 2014 North American Open won by SGM So with 8.0/9 (+7 =2 -0) held from December 26–30, 2014. He finished in a tie for 6-16th places all with 6.0/9 where he went unbeaten recording 3 wins and 6 draws and all the tied players each won US$396.55. He placed 6th in the 8-player field, 7-round robin 28th Southern California Chess Championship held from July 7–12, 2016 scoring 2.5/7 where he had 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses which was won by  IM Bryant. He also participated in the 2020 US Amateur Team West Championship held last February 15–18, 2020 where he scored 3.0 points in 4 games winning 2 (versus Mike Arne and Gabriel James Koop Bick) and drawing 2 (against IMs Joshua Sheng and Keaton Kiewra).