Iván Salgado López (born 29 June 1991) is a Galician Spanish chess player, who attained the rank of Grandmaster in 2008. He won the Iberoamerican Chess Championship in 2012[1] and the Spanish Chess Championship in 2013,[2] and again in 2017.

Iván Salgado López
Iván Salgado López in 2013
CountrySpain
Born (1991-06-29) June 29, 1991 (age 32)
Ourense, Spain
TitleGrandmaster (2008)
FIDE rating2608 (May 2024)
Peak rating2662 (September 2016)
Peak rankingNo. 88 (September 2016)

In 2011 Salgado López won the Ciutat de Barcelona round-robin tournament edging Yasser Seirawan on tiebreak score.[3] He played for the Spanish national team which finished tenth in the 41st Chess Olympiad, held Tromsø, Norway in August 2014.

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  1. ^ "Iván Salgado se corona Campeón Iberoamericano 2012" (in Spanish). ChessBase. 2012-04-23. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ^ "GM Ivan Salgado crowned Spanish Champion". Chessdom. 2013-09-07. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ^ "GM Ivan Salgado winner of Ciutat de Barcelona". Chessdom. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

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