Cristóbal Guillermo Henríquez Villagra (born 7 August 1996) is a Chilean chess player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2017, at the age of 20.
Career He was awarded the title of International Master following his win in the 2013 Pan-American Youth chess championship in Brazil.Chilean Chess Federation, Cristóbal Henríquez es Maestro Internacional
He was runner-up in the 2014 Chilean championship,Mark Crowther, The Week In Chess 1008 and won it in 2015.Mark Crowther, The Week In Chess 1062 Henríquez Villagra won the 2014 Pan American junior championship.Santa Cruz 2014 - 9° Campeonato Sulamericano u20 (boys). Brasilbase. He played third board for Chile at the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway, scoring 6.5/9.Olimpbase, Chile at the 2014 Olympiad In the 2014 World Under-18 championship he finished in a tie for third.Mark Crowther, The Week In Chess 1038
In 2015 he finished in a tie for second at the FIDE zonal in Asunción, then won the playoff against three Grandmasters to qualify for the FIDE World Cup in September of that year.Chessdom, Sandro Mareco and Cristobal Henriquez Villagra qualify for FIDE World Cup, 4 May 2015 At this event, he caused a major upset in the first round by defeating leading grandmaster Boris Gelfand in the rapid play-off.Alejandro Ramirez, Baku 1.TB - One Armageddon, One big Surprise, ChessBase, 13 September 2015
In the 6th Arica Open in 2019 he tied 2nd-8th place with Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, Deivy Vera Siguenas, Renato R. Quintiliano Pinto, Nikita Petrov, Salvador Alonso, and Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas.
He was awarded the Grandmaster title in March 2017.
In November 2025, at the Chess World Cup 2025 he advanced to the second round after eliminating International Master Uurtsaikh Agibileg, but was defeated by Alexey Sarana in the second round.
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