Gildardo García

García became Colombia's second Grandmaster in 1992.^[1][2] His highest rating was 2540 (in July 1994) and he was ranked 14th in Colombia at the time of his death.^[3]

He won the Colombian national championship 10 times, in 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2003, and 2006.^[4][5][6] In 1974, he won the inaugural Pan American Junior Chess Championship.^[7] In 2006, he played in the chess olympiads for Colombia.^[8]

He died from COVID-19 in Medellín on 15 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia.^[9][2]