Gilberto Milos
Gilberto Milos is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded by FIDE the title of International Master in 1984 and the title of Grandmaster in 1988. Milos competed in the FIDE World Championship five times and in the FIDE World Cup three times
Career
Milos won the Brazilian Chess Championship in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994 and 1995. His most notable chess tournament accomplishments are first prize in the 1987, 1998, 2005, and 2007 South American Chess Championships in Santiago, and first at Buenos Aires 1988. In 2010 Milos won the 3rd Iberoamerican Chess Championship in Mexico City.Milos was a member of the Brazilian national team in the Chess Olympiad 12 times between 1982 and 2014. He participated in several FIDE World Chess Championships, in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2004, but was on each occasion knocked out in an early stage.
In the Chess World Cup 2000 Milos qualified for the semi-finals of the event.
Notable games
- Milos faced GM Niaz Murshed in Groningen, 1997. The game played through the chess opening known as the Sicilian Defense. Milos vs. Niaz Murshed
- In this game, Milos faced GM Michael Adams as black. Despite having an inferior rating to Adams, Milos was able to pull off an upset. The game, played in Buenos Aires 1991 entered the Spanish Game: Michael Adams vs. Milos