Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)

Alejandro Ramírez
Alejandro Ramírez (2020; age 31)
Personal information
BornAlejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez
(1988-06-21) June 21, 1988
Chess career
CountryCosta Rica (until 2011)
United States (2011–2024)
None (since 2024)
TitleGrandmaster (2004)
FIDE rating2571 (March 2026)
Peak rating2601 (December 2013)

Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez (born 21 June 1988) is a Costa Rican-American chess Grandmaster and commentator. At the age of 15, he became the first Central American to achieve the title of Grandmaster and was the second youngest chess grandmaster in the world at the time. Born in Costa Rica, he represented Costa Rica before switching to the United States in 2011.