GMJorge Cori

Jorge Cori was born in Lima in 1995. His sister Deysi also became an internationally titled player. He won four Pan-American youth gold medals between 2005 and 2009, progressing through several age groups. He became world under-fourteen champion in 2009. Victory at the José Marca Memorial in Lima completed his grandmaster requirements in January 2010, when he was fourteen. He began playing for Peru's Olympiad team that year. In 2011 he added the world under-sixteen title. He won the Balaguer Open in 2013 and finished runner-up at the 2014 Ibero-American Championship. In 2015 he won the Latin Chess Cup in Argentina. He earned individual bronze on board two at the 2016 Olympiad. Two years later he scored seven wins and a draw at the Batumi Olympiad, producing the open event's highest individual performance. He has also made repeated World Cup appearances, including a 2013 match against Teimour Radjabov that ended after a disputed late arrival for a tiebreak game.