Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)

Alejandro Ramirez
Ramírez in 2020
Full nameAlejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez
CountryCosta Rica (until 2011)
United States (2011–2024)
None (since 2024)
Born (1988-06-21) June 21, 1988
San José, Costa Rica
TitleGrandmaster (2004)
FIDE rating2571 (June 2025)
Peak rating2601 (December 2013)

Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez (born 21 June 1988) is a Costa Rican-American chess Grandmaster and commentator. At the age of 15, he became the first Central American to achieve the title of Grandmaster and was the second youngest chess grandmaster in the world at the time. Born in Costa Rica, he represented Costa Rica before switching to the United States in 2011.