Alder Escobar Forero

Alder Escobar Forero is a Colombian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2014.

Career

Escobar Forero has represented Colombia in four Chess Olympiads; 37th [Chess Olympiad|2006], 2008, 2010 and 2012.
He played in the Chess [World Cup 2019], where he was defeated by Leinier Domínguez in the first round.
In January 2018, Escobar Forero tied for third place with Praggnanandhaa and IM Denys Shmelov in the Charlotte Chess Center's Winter 2018 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina with a score of 5.0/9.