The Most Famous
CHESS PLAYERS from Peru
This page contains a list of the greatest Peruvian Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 461 Chess Players, 1 of which were born in Peru. This makes Peru the birth place of the 50th most number of Chess Players behind Croatia, and Mexico.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Peruvian Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Peruvian Chess Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Esteban Canal (1896 - 1981)
With an HPI of 47.94, Esteban Canal is the most famous Peruvian Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Esteban Canal (April 19, 1896 – February 14, 1981) was a leading Peruvian chess player who had his best tournament results in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Chiclayo, Peru, he later lived in Italy, and died in Varese.
2. Julio Granda (b. 1967)
With an HPI of 34.08, Julio Granda is the 2nd most famous Peruvian Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga (born February 25, 1967) is a Peruvian chess grandmaster and four-time champion of the Americas.
3. Deysi Cori (b. 1993)
With an HPI of 22.90, Deysi Cori is the 3rd most famous Peruvian Chess Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Deysi Estela Cori Tello (born 2 July 1993) is a Peruvian chess player, who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and a is three-time American Continental women's champion. At junior level, she was twice world champion and six-time Pan American champion in her age girls category. Cori is the top ranked female player of Peru and has played for the national team of her country in the Women's Chess Olympiad since 2004. She competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2013 and 2015, and in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Peruvian chess players born between 1896 and 1993. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Peruvian chess players include Julio Granda, and Deysi Cori. The most famous deceased Peruvian chess players include Esteban Canal. As of April 2024, 2 new Peruvian chess players have been added to Pantheon including Julio Granda, and Deysi Cori.
