Adriana Salazar

Adriana Salazar Varón (born 27 December 1963) is a Colombian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1990 and is a nine-time winner of the Colombian Women's Chess Championship (1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996).

Biography From the 1980s to the 1990s, Salazar was one of the leading Colombian female chess players. She won the Colombian Chess Championship for women nine times: in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. In 1990, Salazar participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Azov where she ranked 17th.

Salazar played for Colombia in the Women's Chess Olympiads: In 1982, at second board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+3, =4, -5), In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+8, =0, -6), In 1986, at first board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+8, =0, -6), In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+5, =4, -5), In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+7, =4, -3), In 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Yerevan (+3, =5, -4).

In 1990, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.