Alfonso Almeida

Alfonso Almeida Saenz (born 12 October 1966) 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.

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Mexican Open Champion 1991, Mexican Absolute Champion 1997-1998. Tied for second place at the U.S. Open 2006 in Chicago.

Alfonso graduated from the BBA program (Management)at the University of Texas Brownsville (UTB) in Dec. 2010, and he graduated from the college of education earning his M.Ed.degree with concentration in Educational Technology in Aug. 2012. Alfonso is a candidate to Ed.D. at Texas Tech University (Educational and Instructional Technology). He presented research about "Chess and E-Learning" at the ATS Conference at University of Texas El Paso (Oct. 2014) and at the E-Learn 2014, World Conference on E-Learning at New Orleans,Louisiana 2014. Founder of e-chessmaster.com (e-learning/chess instruction).