Jorge Viterbo Ferreira

Jorge Viterbo Ferreira
Personal information
Born (1994-06-24) 24 June 1994[1]
Porto, Portugal[1]
Chess career
CountryPortugal
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2513 (March 2026)
Peak rating2549 (April 2025)

Jorge Viterbo Ferreira (born 24 June 1994) is a Portuguese chess grandmaster. 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, 2014, 2016, 2022, and 2024.[2] As of October 2024, Viterbo Ferreira is the highest FIDE rated Portuguese player. He was the fourth Portuguese player to obtain the Grandmaster title.

He started playing chess at 11 years old in school, and become district vice-champion with the same age.[3] At 14 years of age, he became the youngest ever Porto district championship.[3] In 2011, he became national under-18 champion and was eleventh in the European under-18 championship.[3] His best placement in the Portuguese Chess Championship was the second place in 2014, 2015, and 2021.[4] He was once coached by Kevin Spraggett.[3] The highest rated player he defeated is Iván Salgado López.[5]

Viterbo Ferreira studied physics for a year in the University of Porto, and then changed his degree to philosophy.[3] 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.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "FIDE Grandmaster Title Application" (PDF). FIDE.com. FIDE. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Jorge Viterbo Ferreira". chessgames.com. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Jorge Viterbo Ferreira player profile". ChessBase Players. ChessBase GmbH. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Students and Postdocs". Consc.net. David Chalmers. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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