Alejandro Ramírez

Who is Alejandro Ramírez?

Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez is a chess Grandmaster. At the age of 15, he became the first Centro-American to achieve the Grandmaster chess title awarded by the International Chess Federation, and became, at that time, the second youngest chess grandmaster. Ramírez started playing chess at the age of four after watching the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer", and with the guidance of his father and mentor, Jorge Ramírez, started to progress. At the age of 13, Ramírez achieved a draw against Russian Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich during the 35th Chess Olympiad, held in the city of Bled in 2002. He graduated from the University of Texas in Dallas with a Masters Degree in Arts & Technology / Design and Production of Videogames.