Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)
Alejandro Ramirez | |
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Full name | Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez |
Country | Costa Rica (until 2011) United States (since 2011) |
Born | San José, Costa Rica | June 21, 1988
Title | Grandmaster (2004) |
FIDE rating | 2571 (April 2024) |
Peak rating | 2601 (December 2013) |
Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez (born 21 June 1988) is a Costa Rican-American chess Grandmaster and commentator. At the age of 15, he became the first Central American to achieve the title of Grandmaster and was the second youngest chess grandmaster in the world at the time.[1] Born in Costa Rica, he represented Costa Rica before switching to the United States in 2011.
Career
Born in San José, Costa Rica,[2] Ramírez started playing chess at the age of four after watching the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer and was taught the game by his father, Jorge Ramírez.[1] In 1998 Ramírez won the Under 10 division of the Pan American Youth Chess Festival, held in
Ramírez took part in the 2004 Chess Olympiad in Calvià playing for Costa Rica on top board.[7] In 2008, Ramírez took first place in the Morelia Open and played on board one for the Costa Rican team at the 38th Chess Olympiad.[8] He won the 2010 US Chess Open in Irvine, California. [citation needed]
In 2011 Ramírez
In May 2013, Ramírez tied for first with
In 2018 and 2019, Ramírez was the highest paid employee of the
In October 2020, Ramírez was pulled off the broadcast for the U.S. junior girls championship after a complaint by
In August 2022, Ramírez coached the U.S. women's team at the
In November 2022, Ramírez tied for 1st place at the 2022 US Masters with a score of 7/9.[15]
Ramírez was the head coach for the Saint Louis University chess team until 2023.[6][16] Under his leadership, the team won a number of tournaments, including the 2021 FIDE World University Cup Rapid Championship and the 2022 Collegiate Chess National Championship.[17][18]
In February 2023, Ramírez was removed from the FIDE Athletes' Commission pending the result of a U.S. Chess Federation investigation into sexual misconduct allegations.[6]
In July 2023, Ramirez finished third with a score of 6½/9 at the 2023 Open IRT Fiestas del Plátano in Sabaneta, Colombia.[19]
In August 2023, Ramirez competed in the "Campeonato Nacional e Internacional de Ajedrez 'Aguascalientes 2023'" where he finished 103rd in a field of 116.[20]
Personal life
Ramírez graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas as a Eugene McDermott Scholar with a master's degree in arts and technology, video game design.[21]
Sexual misconduct allegations
In a tweet published on February 16, 2023,
References
- ^ a b "Interview with 15-year old GM Alejandro Ramírez". GrandMaster Square. 12 December 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ a b FIDE GM title application
- ^ Historia del Festival Panamericano de la Juventud Archived 2017-10-25 at the Wayback Machine. Federación Marplatense de Ajedrez (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ Adaucto Wanderley da Nóbrega. 10° Campeonato Panamericano u10 (boys). BrasilBase.
- ^ 35th Chess Olympiad 2002 Open: Costa Rica. chess-results.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Beaton, Andrew; Robinson, Joshua (7 March 2023). "How Sexual Assault Allegations Against a U.S. Chess Grandmaster Went Unaddressed for Years". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2023-05-14. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ 36th Chess Olympiad 2004 Open: Costa Rica chess-results.com.
- ^ 38th Olympiad Dresden 2008 Open: Costa Rica Chess-Results
- ^ Player transfers in 2011. FIDE.
- ^ "US Ch: Kamsky beats Ramirez in playoff". ChessBase. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "World Chess Cup 2013 – Round 1 Final Results". Chessdom. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "World Open 2013". CCA Chess Tournaments. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ XXVI Torneo Internacional Carlos Torre Repetto MAGISTRAL Chess-Results
- ^ "Kasimdzhanov: "The work of seconds usually remains invisible"". Chess News. 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "2023 US Masters ~ Charlotte Chess Center".
- ^ "Saint Louis University Partners With Chess Club For New Chess Team". West End Word. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "SLU Chess Team 2021 FIDE World University Rapid Champions". Saint Louis University. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "SLU Chess: National Champs". www.slu.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Open IRT Fiestas del Platano Sabaneta 2023". Chess-Results.com. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ https://chess-results.com/tnr769763.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30
- ^ "U. T. Dallas Names Fifth Class Of Eugene McDermott Scholars". UT Dallas News. The University of Texas at Dallas. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Doggers, Peter (15 February 2023). "Alejandro Ramirez Under Investigation For Sexual Misconduct". Chess.com. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "SLU chess coach facing sexual assault allegations resigns from St. Louis Chess Club". KMOV. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ Levin, Anthony (6 March 2023). "Alejandro Ramirez Resigns From Saint Louis Chess Club". Chess.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
External links
- Alejandro Ramirez rating card at FIDE
- Alejandro Ramirez player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Alejandro Ramirez member profile at Chess.com