He played third board for Chile at the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway, scoring 6.5/9. In the 2014 World Under-18 championship he finished in a tie for third. At this event, he caused a major upset in the first round by defeating leading grandmaster Boris Gelfand in the rapid play-official
He was awarded the title of International Master following his win in the 2013 Pan-American Youth chess championship in Brazil. He was runner-up in the 2014 Chilean championship, and won it in 2015. Henríquez Villagra won the 2014 Pan American junior championship. In 2015 he finished in a tie for second at the FIDE zonal in Asunción, then won the playoff against three grandmasters to qualify for the FIDE World Cup in September of that year.
