Beatriz Mansilla Marinello (also known as Beatriz MacArthur; born May 14, 1964) is a Chilean-American

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player and chess official. She was a vice president of

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from 2010 to 2018. Marinello was previously president of the

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(USCF) from 2003 to 2005 and a member of the executive board from 2003 to 2007. She was elected general secretary of the

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in 2019. Marinello started playing chess at the age of 13 and became national women's champion of

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when she was 16 years old. In 1980, she was awarded the title

Woman 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 ...

(WIM) by FIDE. She organized her first national championship in Chile at the age of 20 years, and later organized other international competitions. Marinello arrived in the United States from Chile in 1990, and became a chess teacher in

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. She represented the US in two Women's Interzonal Tournaments: in

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and in 1993 in

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. She also represented the United States in the 1994 Women's Chess Olympiad held in

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"Interview with FIDE Vice President Beatriz Marinello"
at Chessdom.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Marinello, Beatriz 1964 births Living people Chess Woman International Masters American female chess players Chilean female chess players Chilean emigrants to the United States Chilean people of Italian descent American people of Italian descent Chess Olympiad competitors Chess officials Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women