Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara

Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (born 1999) is a Peruvian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018.

José Eduardo Martínez Alcántara
CountryPeru
Born (1999-01-31) 31 January 1999
Lima, Peru
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2620 (June 2020)
Peak rating2601 (July 2019)

Chess career

Alcantara 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.

References

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