Rúben Pereira
Encyclopedia
Rúben Pereira is a Portuguese
chess
International Master, 2009 Portuguese chess champion
, and 2007 World U-16 vice-champion
. His January 2011 FIDE rating
is 2436, making him the country's number three.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
International Master, 2009 Portuguese chess champion
Portuguese Chess Championship
The Portuguese Chess Championship is a yearly national chess championship of Portugal. It was established in 1911, but only from the 1950's it was played yearly, with a few exceptions....
, and 2007 World U-16 vice-champion
World Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...
. His January 2011 FIDE rating
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
is 2436, making him the country's number three.