{{Short description|Salvadoran chess player (1958–2021)}} {{infobox chess player | name = Boris Pineda | spouse = | children = | native_name = | image = | caption = | birthname = | module = |child = |country = El Salvador |birth_date = 28 November 1958 |birth_place = |death_date = 11 October 2021 (aged 62) |death_place = San Salvador, El Salvador |title = FIDE Master |peakrating = 2320 (January 1998) |peakranking = |FideID = 6700047 }}
'''Boris Pineda''' (28 November 1958<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dBHDwAAQBAJ&q=Boris+Pineda+1958&pg=PA254|title=Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016|isbn=9781476633619|last1=Felice|first1=Gino Di|date=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=125596|title=The chess games of Boris Pineda}}</ref> – 11 October 2021) was a Salvadoran engineer and chess player who is considered the most successful player in the history of El Salvador. The National Institute of Sports of El Salvador named him "Chess Player of the 20th century".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.contrapunto.com.sv/muere-el-celebre-ajedrecista-salvadoreno-boris-pineda/|title=Muere el célebre ajedrecista salvadoreño Boris Pineda|trans-title=The famous Salvadoran chess player Boris Pineda dies|language=es|date=11 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|publisher=ContraPunto}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariocolatino.com/boris-pineda-vuelve-a-poner-su-cerebro-al-servicio-del-ajedrez/|publisher=Diario Co Latino|title=Boris Pineda vuelve a poner su cerebro al servicio del ajedrez|trans-title=Boris Pineda puts his brain back at the service of chess|language=es|date=16 July 2018|access-date=17 October 2021|author=Rolando Alvarenga}}</ref>
==Career== {{Quote box |quote = '''"Science, art, game or sport? Well, they say that chess is too much of a sport to be a science and too much of a science to be a mere sport. And they are right, there is a systematization of knowledge that allows it to be classified as a science, but it has too much game to be seen as such. Physically, a chess game is like a three hour math test..."''' |source = Boris Pineda describing chess<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archivo.elfaro.net/secciones/platicas/20061016/Platicas1_20061016.html|title=La única disciplina donde se demuestra una diferencia genética entre el hombre y la mujer es el ajedrez|trans-title=The only discipline where a genetic difference between men and women is demonstrated is chess|publisher=El Faro|language=es|access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> |width = 25% |quoted = 1 |align = right }}
He won the Salvadoran Chess Championship a record 8 times (1976, 1977, 1978, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998 and 2003). He was also the only Salvadoran chess player ever to win two medals worldwide: a team gold medal at the Against Chess Olympiad held in Tripoli in 1976, and an individual silver at the 29th Chess Olympiad held in Novi Sad in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariocolatino.com/homenaje-a-boris-pineda/|publisher=Diario Co Latino|title=Homenaje a Boris Pineda|trans-title=Tribute to Boris Pineda|language=es|date=15 October 2021|access-date=17 October 2021|author=Miguel Zometa}}</ref> He also received the recognition of "Sportsman of the Year" by the Circle of Sport Informers (CID) in 1975, and the " {{ill|Espiga Dorada|es}}" in 1990 and 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indes.gob.sv/web/colombia-homenajea-a-boris-pineda/|title=Colombia rinde homenaje a Boris Pineda|trans-title=Colombia pays tribute to Boris Pineda|language=es|date=13 October 2021|access-date=17 October 2021|publisher=INDES}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=6700047 FIDE Rating]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pineda, Boris}} Category:1958 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Salvadoran engineers Category:Salvadoran chess players Category:Chess FIDE Masters Category:Chess Olympiad competitors