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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.
| Jorge Viterbo Ferreira | |
|---|---|
| Country | Portugal |
| Born | 24 June 1994[1] Porto[1] |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
| FIDE rating | 2523 (October 2024) |
| 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b "FIDE Grandmaster Title Application" (PDF). FIDE.com. FIDE. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "40th Chess Olympiad 2012 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "41st Chess Olympiad 2014 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "42nd Chess Olympiad 2016 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "45th Chess Olympiad 2024 Open: Team composition for federation POR - Open". Chess-Results Server. Heinz Herzog. 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Jorge Ferreira: Um estudante de Filosofia na rota do xadrez". Público (in Portuguese). Público Comunicação Social. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "History of National Champions - Individual Absolute Season (Histórico de Campeões Nacionais - Época Individual Absoluto)" (PDF). FPX (in Portuguese). Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez. 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Jorge Viterbo Ferreira player profile". ChessBase Players. ChessBase GmbH. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Jorge Ferreira - PhD Student in Philosophy". New York University (Archived). NYU Department of Philosophy. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Students and Postdocs". Consc.net. David Chalmers. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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