WIMAnahi Ortiz Verdezoto

Anahí Ortiz Verdezoto took up chess as a child after her father enrolled her in classes in Pichincha. Her early coaches included Mario Chiluisa and Arnaldo Valdez. She won the Pan-American girls' under-twelve championship in 2012 and later collected South American youth titles. FIDE awarded her the Woman International Master title in 2019. She qualified for the 2021 Women's World Cup, where Ekaterina Atalik eliminated her in the first round. In 2023 Ortiz won the women's continental blitz title in Cuba and was the highest-placed woman at the Ibero-American Championship in Panama. Alongside competition, she studied medicine at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador and led its chess club. In 2025 she shared the highest score at the Women's Continental Championship, taking silver on tiebreak, while beginning her medical internship.