Alfonso Almeida

Alfonso Almeida Saenz (born 12 October 1966) is a chess International Master from Mexico. On the July 2009 FIDE rating list he has an Elo rating of 2378, making him the number nine Mexican chess player. His peak rating was 2429 in April 2007 (2440 in 1996). In the 2015 season of the US Chess League he had 7 MVP points and a 2735 performance rating.[1]

Almeida was Mexican Open Champion in 1991 and Mexican Absolute Champion in 1998–1999. He tied for second place at the U.S. Open 2006 in Chicago. In 2004, Alfonso was a Mexican Team member at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvia, Spain.

References
  1. "US Chess League". uschessleague.com. Retrieved 2015-10-03.

Titles

FIDE International Master 1996

FIDE Trainer 2007

Degrees

BBA-Management (University of Texas-Brownsville)

M.Ed. Educational Technology (University of Texas-Brownsville)

E.Ed. (Candidate) Instructional and Educational Technology (Texas Tech University)

Research

https://www.academicexperts.org/conf/elearn/2014/papers/43624/


Publications

"Manual de Finales Basicos sin Peones." Chess Editores, Mexico D.F., 1995. (1000 copies).

New In Chess, Yearbook 117. Sicilian Najdorf Variation, "Almeida Attack," 38-44. Dec. 2015

Awards

http://www.utrgv.edu/chess/_files/images/cob%20proclamation.jpg

http://www.utrgv.edu/chess/_files/documents/texas_senate_proclamation_number_370.pdf

http://www.utrgv.edu/chess/_files/documents/house_of_representatives_resolution_15r2972.pdf

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