Akira Watanabe (chess player)
Akira Watanabe | |
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Watanabe in 2008 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Born | March 1, 1972 Tokyo, Japan |
| Title | FIDE Master (1997) |
| FIDE rating | 2284 (September 2014) |
| Peak rating | 2388 (January 2000) |
Akira Watanabe (渡辺 暁, Watanabe Akira; born March 1, 1972) is a Japanese political scientist, chess player with the title of FIDE Master. In 2020, he was an associate professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology. He was born in Tokyo and his research focuses on Mexican politics and Latin American culture and politics.