Brian Escalante Ramírez | |
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Country | Peru |
Born | Tarapoto, Peru | September 20, 1999
Title | Grandmaster (2024) [1] |
FIDE rating | 2485 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2500 (December 2023) |
Brian Sebastian Escalante Ramírez is a Peruvian chess grandmaster.
He began playing chess at the age of 5, and was coached by Jose Luis Chong Sanchez. [2]
In 2017, he won the Pan American Junior Chess Championship. [2]
In November 2023, he achieved the Grandmaster title after defeating Yasser Quesada in the U.S. Masters Open. [3] [4]
He is studying for a master's degree in IT and management at the University of Texas at Dallas, and also plays on the university's chess team. [3] In January 2024, he was part of the "A" team, which finished in second place in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship. [5]
Brian Escalante Ramírez | |
---|---|
Country | Peru |
Born | Tarapoto, Peru | September 20, 1999
Title | Grandmaster (2024) [1] |
FIDE rating | 2485 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2500 (December 2023) |
Brian Sebastian Escalante Ramírez is a Peruvian chess grandmaster.
He began playing chess at the age of 5, and was coached by Jose Luis Chong Sanchez. [2]
In 2017, he won the Pan American Junior Chess Championship. [2]
In November 2023, he achieved the Grandmaster title after defeating Yasser Quesada in the U.S. Masters Open. [3] [4]
He is studying for a master's degree in IT and management at the University of Texas at Dallas, and also plays on the university's chess team. [3] In January 2024, he was part of the "A" team, which finished in second place in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship. [5]