In the last list of the top Chess players we published, we ranked the best Indonesian Chess players. Now in this article, we’re ranking the best Portuguese Chess players from Portugal, ranked from FIDE. All of the players in this list are master level players with Elo ratings above 2200. For more information on ratings, see the guide on how to get a FIDE rating.
10. Antonio Vitor
Full Name: Antonio Vitor
Title: FIDE master
Born: January 08, 1975
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 2795
Rapid: 2247
Blitz: 2375
Classical: 2359
Profiles
Antonio Vitor is a famous chess player from Portugal with a high-profile record in his chess career. Antonio reached his highest Elo rating of 2414 in July 2006 and has played a total of 440 games. In his chess games, he managed to achieve remarkable results, Win: 34.9% (95), Loss: 30.1% (82), and Draw: 34.9% (95). Total 272. He has a white result: Win: 39.6% (55) Loss 26.6% (37) Draw 33.8% (47) total: 139. Antonio also has a black result: Win: 30.1% (40) Loss: 33.8% (45) Draw: 36. 1% (48) total; 133.
9. Luis Neves Da Silva
Full Name: Luis Nerves Da Silva
Title: FIDE Master
Born: August 04, 1995
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 2752
Rapid: 2328
Blitz: 2327
Classical: 2361
Profiles
Luis Neves Da Silva is a dedicated chess player with a higher self-motivation in his chess career. He was awarded a FIDE master title in 2014 after showing positive progress in his chess game performance.
8. Jose Guiherme B Lima Santos
Full Name: Jose Guiherme B Lima Santos
Title: FIDE Master
Born: February 14, 2003
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 2739
Rapid: 2236
Blitz: 2263
Classical: 2361
Profiles
Jose Guilherme B Lima Santos is a Portuguese chess player who has featured in a total of 167 chess games. In his chess career, he has produced a result of Win 47.3% (79), Loss 33.5% (56), and Draw 19.2% (32) in a total of 167 chess games he played. He has a white result of: Win: 58% (51) Loss: 27.3% (24) Draw 14.8% (13) in a total 88. In addition, Jose has a black result of: Win: 35.4% (28) Loss: 40.5% (32) Draw: 24.1% (19) total 79. Jose reached his highest peak rating of 2378 on March 01, 2022.
7. Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga
Full Name: Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga
Title: International master
Born: October 30, 2003
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 2361
Rapid: 2352
Blitz: 2288
Classical: 2378
Profiles
Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga is a famous Portuguese chess player with significant achievements in the chess industry. He started his chess career in his youth ages. In 2018, Jose was awarded a FIDE master title from the FIDE organization. He won his international master title in 2022, and I am currently one of the most famous young chess players in Portugal. He has competed in 75 games with a result of Win: 32% (24), Loss: 30.67% (23), and Draw: 37.33% (28) with a total score of 50.67%.
6. David Pires Tavares Martins
Full Name: David Pires Tavares Martins
Title: International master
Born: October 06, 1997
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 1893
Rapid: 2223
Blitz: 2320
Classical: 2401
Profiles
David Pires Tavares Martins is a famous Portuguese chess player who has participated in 299 chess games. He won A FIDE master’s title in 2014 and was later granted an international master’s title by FIDE in 2017. David achieved a peak rating of 2431 on June 01, 2019.
5. Andre Ventura Sousa
Full Name: Andre Ventura Sousa
Title: International Master
Born: August 31, 2000
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 1581
Rapid: 2377
Blitz: 2275
Classical: 2420
Profiles
Andre Ventura Sousa is a popular chess player aged 22 from Portugal. He won his FIDE master title in 2016 at the age of 16. He qualified for the international master’s the following year and was awarded the title by the FIDE organization. He has participated in 428 games with a result of Win: 45% (194), Loss: 26.4% Draw: 28.3% (121).
4. Rui Damaso
Full Name: Rui Damaso
Title: International Master
Born: January 01, 1968
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 1371
Rapid: 2446
Blitz: 2478
Classical: 2435
Profiles
Rui Damaso is a dedicated Portuguese chess player with a remarkable performance in his chess career. He won his international master’s in 1990. Rui has played a total of 939 chess games recording a result of Win: 39.8% (374), Loss: 19.5% (183) Draw 40.7% (382). In white results he recorded: Win 45.9% (216) Loss: 15.5% (73) and a Draw: 38.6% (182) in a total 471 matches. In addition, he has recorded a black result of: 33.8% (158), Loss: 23.5% (110) Draw: 42.7% (200) in a total of 468 games. He reached a peak rating of 2485 on July 01, 1997.
3. Ruben Pereira
Full Name: Ruben Pereira
Title: International Master
Born: January 01, 1991
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 1365
Rapid: 2357
Blitz: 2335
Classical: 2436
Profiles
Ruben Pereira is a Portuguese chess player with an international master title awarded to him by FIDE in 2009. He was awarded the title after winning the Portuguese national chess championships in the same year. Ruben also became the vice-champion of the World chess championships in the Under 16 division in 2007. In addition, Ruben is the third-rated chess player after reaching a FIDE rating of 2436 in January 2011.
2. Luis Galego
Full Name: Luis Galego
Title: Grandmaster
Born: April 25, 1966
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 1058
Rapid: 2404
Blitz: 2516
Classical: 2462
Profiles
Luis Galego, born in Porto, Portugal, is a high profiled chess player in his country. Luis is a five times winner of the Portuguese national chess championships, with his last lead being in the 2012 edition of the tournament. He also represented his country in chess Olympiads for ten consecutive years since 2002. Luis achieved a rating of 2500 in March 2011, which made him become the top chess player in Portugal.
1. Jorge Viterbo Ferreira
Full Name: Jorge Viterbo Ferreira
Title: Grandmaster
Birth: June 24, 1994
Federation: Portugal
Ratings
World ranking: 700
Rapid: 2433
Blitz: 2326
Classical: 2499
Profiles
Jorge Viterbo Ferreira is one of the top-rated chess players in Portugal. He won his FIDE master’s title in 2010 at the age of 16. He continued with his chess career producing a remarkable result that made him qualify for an international master title. He was awarded the title in 2013 by FIDE, who later granted him a Grandmaster title in 2018. This made him become one of the top chess players in his country. Ferreira reached a peak rating of 2513 in October 2016, making him one of the best chess players to pass the Elo mark rating of 2500.
That concludes the list of the best Portuguese Chess players. If you like list posts like this, you may also be interested in seeing the ten best Kazakh Chess players or the best Mongolian Chess players.
Sources
- The Chess Olympiads Jorge Viterbo Ferreiras on olimpbase.org (English)
- Interview of 12 January 2015 by Vânia Dias on the University of Porto website (Portuguese)
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- List of Portuguese champions on the Portuguese Chess Federation website (Portuguese)