José Eduardo Martínez Alcántara Explained

Country:Peru (until 2024)
Mexico (since 2024)
Birth Date:31 January 1999
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Grandmaster (2018)
Peakrating:2623 (March 2020)
Fideid:3805662

Jose Eduardo Martínez Alcántara (born 31 January 1999) is a Peruvian chess grandmaster who plays for Mexico. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018.

Chess career

Martínez won the U-18 World Championship in 2017[1] before going on to represent Peru in the 2018 Chess Olympiad.[2]

He won the Zonal Tournament of South America in Ecuador with 7.5 points out of 9, thus qualifying for the Chess World Cup 2019, where he was defeated by Dmitry Jakovenko in the first round.

In the 6th Arica Open in 2019 he tied 2nd-8th place with Nikita Petrov, Deivy Vera Siguenas, Renato R. Quintiliano Pinto, Cristobal Henriquez Villagra, Salvador Alonso, and Diego Saul Rod Flores Quillas.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championship 2017 . chess-results.com . 2019-09-15.
  2. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open . chess-results.com . 2019-09-15.
  3. Web site: The Week in Chess 1311 . 2020-07-09 . theweekinchess.com.