Jorge Viterbo Ferreira
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| Jorge Viterbo Ferreira | |
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| Country | Portugal |
| Born | 24 June 1994[1] Porto[1] |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2523 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2539 (August 2018) |
Jorge Viterbo Ferreira (born 24 June 1994) is a chess player from Porto, Portugal. Viterbo Ferreira became a FIDE Master in 2010, an International Master in 2013, and a Grandmaster in 2018. He represented Portugal at the Chess Olympiad in 2012,[2] 2014,[3] 2016,[4] 2022,[5] and 2024.[6] As of October 2024, Viterbo Ferreira is the highest FIDE rated Portuguese player. He was the fourth Portuguese player to obtain the Grandmaster title.
He started playing chess at 11 years old in school, and become district vice-champion with the same age.[7] At 14 years of age, he became the youngest ever Porto district championship.[7] In 2011, he became national under-18 champion and was eleventh in the European under-18 championship.[7] His best placement in the Portuguese Chess Championship was the second place in 2014, 2015, and 2021.[8] He was once coached by Kevin Spraggett.[7] The highest rated player he defeated is Iván Salgado López.[9]
Viterbo Ferreira studied physics for a year in the University of Porto, and then changed his degree to philosophy.[7] He completed an MSc in Logic at the University of Amsterdam, and started a PhD in the Department of Philosophy of New York University in 2018, where he studied with David Chalmers until 2024.[10][11]
External links
[edit]- Jorge Viterbo Ferreira player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Jorge Viterbo Ferreira rating card at FIDE
- Jorge Viterbo Ferreira chess games at 365Chess.com
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIDE Grandmaster Title Application" (PDF). FIDE.com. FIDE. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "40th Chess Olympiad 2012 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "41st Chess Olympiad 2014 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "42nd Chess Olympiad 2016 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Jorge Ferreira: Um estudante de Filosofia na rota do xadrez". Público (in Portuguese). Público Comunicação Social. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "History of National Champions - Individual Absolute Season (Histórico de Campeões Nacionais - Época Individual Absoluto)" (PDF). FPX (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez. 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Jorge Viterbo Ferreira player profile". ChessBase Players. ChessBase GmbH. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Jorge Ferreira - PhD Student in Philosophy". New York University (Archived). NYU Department of Philosophy. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Students and Postdocs". Consc.net. David Chalmers. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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