Damaris Nicole Abarca González[1] (born 27 February 1990) is a Chilean politician and chess player.

[3] Abarca was born in Rancagua, Chile, on 27 February 1990 and spent her childhood in the town of Rosario.

[5][2] Abarca learnt to play chess during her childhood by observing her father teach her older brothers, eventually joining them in games.

[5] Two years later, she received the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) at the International Chess Federation in Istanbul.

[9] She has been the director of the Ajedrez por un sueño programme ("Chess for a Dream" in English) since 2020, which is part of the Fundación ECAM in Chile.