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| Miguel Santos Ruiz | |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Born | (1999-10-04) October 4, 1999 (age 25) Utrera, Sevilla, Spain |
| Title | Grandmaster (2019) |
| FIDE rating | 2594 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2605 (September 2021) |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2022–present |
| Genre | Online chess |
| Subscribers | 45000 |
| Total views | 7 millions |
Miguel Santos Ruiz (Utrera, Seville, 4 October 1999) is a Spanish chess player, player of the Spanish National Team, coach of the Swiss Absolute National Team and current coach of Fabiano Caruana, the world number 2 in chess. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2019.
Santos is the great-great-grandson of the philosopher Miguel de Unamuno, and great-grandson of Fernando de Unamuno. On the FIDE Elo list of May 2021 he had an ELO of 2594 points, making him the ninth highest-ranked active player in Spain and 263rd in the world. His peak rating has been 2605 ELO fide in classical chess.
Chess Player
- In 2013 he was proclaimed Spanish under-16 champion in Salobreña. Also in 2013 he tied for first place, and was runner-up on a tie-break, at the under-14 European Championships (the champion was Jorden Van Foreest). In 2017 he tied for third place at the U18 European Championships (the champion was Thybo Jesper Sondergaard).
- In March 2018 he was 19th in the European Individual Championship in Batumi (Georgia), the first Spanish qualifier, and that gave him a place in the 2019 World Chess Cup. Later in this competition he was eliminated by top GM Wei Yi in the first round.
- Also in 2018 he won the Grandmaster title. In October 2019 he was fourth in the World Under-20 Chess Championship held in New Delhi (the champion was Evgeny Shtembuliak).
- In November 2019 he was ninth in the Spanish Absolute Championship in Marbella (the champion was Alexei Shirov).
- Also in November 2019 he was third in the ‘II Festival VIII Centenario de la Universidad de Salamanca’, behind the Venezuelan grandmaster Eduardo Iturrizaga and Ruslan Ponomariov
Chess Commentator
He has also developed a chess commentary, first on the chess24 platform, then on chess.com and currently also on his own youtube channel. He is known for sharing in his content a solid knowledge of opening theory.
Chess Coach
Another facet that he has developed within the field of chess has been as a coach. In this aspect he has been,
- Coach of the Swiss Absolute National Team
- Current coach of GM Fabiano Caruana, the world number 2 in classical chess.
References
External links
- Miguel Santos Ruiz rating card at FIDE
- Miguel Santos Ruiz chess games at 365Chess.com
- Miguel Santos Ruiz player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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