Natalia Parés Vives, (Josep Parés Vives) [1] a Catalan trans woman, chess player and FIDE master. Josep Parés was two times runner-up at Catalan Chess Championship, 1975 and 1987. In 2008, with her female gender and given name, Natalia Parés Vives participated at the Women's Chess Olympiad in Dresden, 2008 for Spain [2]. As former computer chess programmer, Josep Parés was author of the chess program Tigran, which participated in Spanish Computer Chess Championships. Along with Teresa Canela, he reported on the first two Spanish Computer Chess Championships in the ICCA Journal, the SCCC 1993 and the SCCC 1994.
Natalia Parés [3]

Selected Publications

• Josep Parés, Teresa Canela (1993). Report on the 1st Spanish Computer-Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4
• Teresa Canela, Josep Parés (1995). The 2nd Spanish Computer-Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1

External Links

• Pares Vives, Natalia FIDE Chess Profile
• Natalia Pares Vives chess games - 365Chess.com
• Josep Natalia Parés Vives
• Natalia Parés Vives - Wikipedia.es (Spanish)
• El ajedrez español no sabe de sexos (Spanish) ChessBase.es, May 07, 2008
• Jaque mate a los prejuicios sociales - 20minutos.es (Spanish) December 17, 2008 (Checkmate to social prejudices)

References

1. ^ Spanish naming customs from Wikipedia
2. ^ Olimpbase - Spain 2008
3. ^ Josep Natalia Parés Vives

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