Gildardo García was a Colombian chess Grandmaster, who was born on December 9, 1954 and died on July 26, 2018. He became a Grandmaster in 1990, being one of the four Colombian chess players to achieve this designation.
García was a well-regarded chess coach after his career as a top-level chess player. He was also a prolific writer on chess, publishing articles in numerous Colombian newspapers and chess magazines.