Jorge Viterbo Ferreira
Portuguese chess player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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 | 2537 (March 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2539 (August 2018) |
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
- 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
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