Marcel Sisniega Campbell (July 28, 1959 – January 19, 2013) was a Mexican

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

Grandmaster and film director. Sisniega was born in

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but grew up in

Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. The city is located around a 90-minute drive south of Mexico City using the Federal Highway 95D. The na ...

, Mexico. Sisniega earned the

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

title in 1978 and the Grandmaster title in 1992. Sisniega was a nine-time Mexican champion and three-time

Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial The Torre Memorial is an annual chess tournament played in honour of the chess legend Carlos Torre Repetto (1905–1978). It is played in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. The first edition was played in 1987, and from a relatively weak tournament, it ...

winner. During his chess career he beat

Viswanathan Anand Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a former five-time World Chess Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of ...

, Artur Yusupov,

Miguel Illescas Miguel Illescas Córdoba (born December 3, 1965 in Barcelona) is a Spanish chess grandmaster. Chess career Illescas was a highly skilled player as a youngster and became junior champion of Catalonia at the age of 12. A trained computer scienti ...

and

Jesús Nogueiras Jesús Nogueiras Santiago (born in Santa Clara, Cuba, July 17, 1959) is a Cuban chess grandmaster. He was a World Championship Candidate in 1985, finishing 2nd at the Taxco 1985 Interzonal, but 15th out of 16 at the 1985 Candidates Tournament ...

amongst others. He largely stopped playing after the early 1990s. He was also a film writer and director. He is most recognized for his work in creating "Libre de Culpas" in 1997. His brother is modern pentathlete and politician

Ivar Sisniega Ivar Sisniega Campbell (born 29 May 1958) is a Mexican modern pentathlete, politician, and businessman. He competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. He was formerly the head of CONADE as Sports minister under President Ernesto Zedill ...

, and his children are Mexican-American actress

Sofía Sisniega Sofía Sisniega (born 7 June 1989) is a Mexican actress, best known for her role as ''Sofia López-Haro'' in the 2013 Mexican adaptation, '' Gossip Girl: Acapulco''. Early life Sisniega was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She began acting in local c ...

, Vera, David and Julian Sisniega. Sisniega died suddenly of a heart attack on January 19, 2013.Manuel Lopez Michellone,

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External links

Marcel Sisniega Campbell player profile
at Chess DB *
Masterpieces of Attack: The Brilliant Games of GM Marcel Sisniega Campbell
book review at chesscafe.com
Official site of the annual Marcel Sisniega Memorial Tournament
1959 births 2013 deaths Sportspeople from Morelos Mexican people of Scottish descent People from Cuernavaca Chess grandmasters Mexican chess players Mexican film directors Mexican people of Irish descent {{Mexico-chess-bio-stub

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