Fernando Peralta (chess player)

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

Fernando Rodrigo Peralta Marenco is an Argentine chess grandmaster.

Fernando Peralta
Peralta in 2010
Country	Argentina
Born	(1979-12-16) December 16, 1979 (age 45) Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Title	Grandmaster (2004)
FIDE rating	2547 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2632 (February 2013)

Chess career

In 1997, Peralta won the Pan American Junior Chess Championship. He has since represented Argentina in multiple Chess Olympiads.^[1]

Peralta competed in the 2007 Chess World Cup, where he was defeated by Ernesto Inarkiev in the first round.^[2]

Peralta is a three-time Argentine Chess Champion, winning the title in 2006, 2018, and 2022. He clinched the 2022 title ahead of Leandro Krysa and Sandro Mareco by defeating Pablo Ismael Acosta in the final round.^[3]

Peralta competed in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he was defeated by Arseniy Nesterov in the first round.^[4]