Darcy Gustavo Machado Vieira Lima (born 22 May 1962) is a Brazilian

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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

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in 2010 and FIDE International Organizer in 2013. He was the president of the

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from 1999 - 2004 and then from 2013 - 2020.

Chess career

In 1980 Lima won the Brazilian junior championship in Fortaleza. He won the

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three times (1992, 2002, 2003). Lima won the South American zonal tournament at

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twice, in 2000 and 2003. Thanks to these victories, he qualified to play in the

FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 The FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 was held in New Delhi, India, and Tehran, Iran. The first six rounds were played in New Delhi between 27 November and 15 December 2000, and the final match in Tehran started on 20 December and ended on 24 De ...

and the

FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 The FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 was held at the Almahary Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, from June 18 to July 13, 2004. It was won by Rustam Kasimdzhanov, who beat Michael Adams in the final by a score of 4½–3½. He won about US$100,000 and ...

, respectively. Lima also competed in the

FIDE World Cup The FIDE World Cup refers to three different events over the years. Since 2000, it has been a major chess event organized by FIDE, the International Chess Federation. Since 2005, it has been a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, form ...

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in 2005, 2007 and 2011. Also in 2007, he tied for 1st-5th places in the American Continental Championship at Cali, Colombia. Lima represented Brazil eleven times in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...

(1988–2008).

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