Asela de Armas Pérez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Armas and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Asela de Armas Pérez (6 December 1954 – 7 July 2021)^[1] was a Cuban chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1978). She was a ten-time winner of the Cuban Women's Chess Championship (1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1988).

Asela de Armas Pérez
Country	Cuba
Born	(1954-12-06)6 December 1954
Died	7 July 2021(2021-07-07) (aged 66)
Title	Woman International Master (1978)
Peak rating	2255 (January 1989)

Biography

From the early 1970s to the late 1980s, she was one of the leading Cuban women's chess players. Asela de Armas Pérez won the Cuban Women's Chess Championships ten times: 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1988. In 1978, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Asela de Armas Pérez three times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

• In 1979, at Interzonal Tournament in Alicante shared 11th-12th place;^[2]
• In 1985, at Interzonal Tournament in Havana shared 11th-12th place;^[3]
• In 1987, at Interzonal Tournament in Smederevska Palanka has ranked 14th place.^[4]

Asela de Armas Pérez played for Cuba in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[5]

• In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+2, =5, -4),
• In 1986, at second board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+3, =5, -4),
• In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+3, =1, -6),
• In 1990, at second board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+3, =2, -3).

FIDE ratings

Elo development^[6]