Christo Cave | |
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Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
Born | 19 December 1961 | (age 62)
Title | FIDE Master (2006) |
FIDE rating | 2142 (March 2010) |
Peak rating | 2296 (January 2000)[1] |
Christo Cave (born 19 December 1961) is a chess player from Tunapuna on the island of Trinidad, in Trinidad and Tobago. Cave is a former National Chess Champion and holds the record of thirteen wins in the Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship.[2]
He is a FIDE Master (FM) and has represented Trinidad and Tobago as the board 1 player at a number of World Chess Olympiads.[3] In 2006, he became the first chess player from the English speaking Caribbean to defeat an International Grandmaster at a major team tournament.[4] He has also won several chess competitions locally.
After a short hiatus due to the illness of a family member, Cave returned to competitive chess in 2011.[5]