Yago De Moura Santiago | |
|---|---|
 Santiago in 2012 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Born | April 17, 1992 |
| Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
| FIDE rating | 2451 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2513 (July 2022) |
Yago De Moura Santiago (born 17 April 1992) [1] is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2017. [2]
Santiago came second in the 2022 Brazilian Chess Championship [3] and second in the 2022 Cabo Verde Chess Open. [4] He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2023, where he was defeated by Maxime Lagarde in the first round. [5]
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