Ingrid Aliaga Fernández


Ingrid Yadira Aliaga Fernández is a Peruvian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She is a six-time winner the Peruvian Women's Chess Championship and has represented Peru at five Chess Olympiads.

Biography

Ingrid Aliaga started to play chess at the age of 9. She made several appearances at the Pan American Girls' Chess Championship; in 2003, in Bogotá she finished second in the under 12 age group; in 2006 she won in the under 16 age group; in 2008 she won in the under 20 age group; in 2009 she won in the under 18 age group.
She has won the Peruvian Women's Chess Championship six times, in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017.
In 2010, in Hatay she made her debut at the Women's World Chess Championship, where in the first round she lost to Antoaneta Stefanova. In 2012, in Khanty-Mansiysk she again participated in the Women's World Chess Championship, where in the first round she lost to Viktorija Čmilytė.
She has played for Peru at five Chess Olympiads.
She was awarded the Woman FIDE Master in 2004, and as a result of her performance in the 2017 Women's Continental Championship in Buenos Aires she was awarded the Woman International Master title in 2018.