Alfonso Almeida
Alfonso Almeida Saenz 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. In the 2015 season of the US Chess League he had 7 MVP points and a 2735 performance rating.
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.
