José Martínez Alcántara
(Redirected from Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara)
| José Martínez Alcántara | |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru (until 2024) Mexico (since 2024) |
| Born | 31 January 1999 Lima, Peru |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2607 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2623 (March 2020) |
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
[edit]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 Flores.[3]
In 2021, Martinez tied for first place at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship.
References
[edit]- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championship 2017". chess-results.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". chess-results.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Jose Martinez Alcantara rating card at FIDE
- Jose Martinez Alcantara player profile at Chess.com
- Jose Martinez Alcantara player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara chess games at 365Chess.com
- José Martínez Alcántara on Twitch
