2023-06-29 17:11:06
Kevin Noboa, an athlete from the records of the Chimborazo Sports Federation, achieved the absolute national championship in the discipline of chess.
Profile. Kevin Noboa is a national champion, he started in ‘Science Sport’ at the age of ten. “I arrived for a simultaneous and, from there, I liked it and I am practicing until today; It’s been almost fourteen years now,” said the great athlete.
Kevin, when he was 10 years old, came to the Sports Federation to start his training with Andrés Qhisphe, although “I’ve been absent a bit due to studies, but still, always in chess.”
The 2017 World Cup would be the most complicated competition in which he has participated, because, “it was my first World Cup, and I was able to achieve a historic medal. At that time there were rivals from all over, I only competed at the South American level, but in the World Cup I was able to participate with athletes from countries in Europe and Asia, and I saw that the level was strong, and that you had to train very hard to be able to overcome them. them”.
Fanatic. Kevin is a fan of Vishi Anand, a leading chess player from India. “He is a great teacher, I copied a bit of his style: strategic, good finalist, theoretical; I have always liked watching his games, he draws a lot of attention, he was also world champion”. Kevin returned to chess after 10 months, and in the recent national competition, “at the beginning it was difficult for me, in the second round they beat me a game, I had to overcome the tournament and until the sixth round it was difficult for me to return, but already in the shot in the last three games can catch up with the leaders and win the championship”.
Now Kevin’s next challenge is to finish university, which he is about to do and his goal is to participate in international tournaments and the 2024 Olympics.
Coach. Eliú Alvarado, FDCh coach, said that he has known Kevin since 2013 in different competitions, and he has won almost twelve gold medals, being “the best athlete.”
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