GMJaime Santos Latasa

Jaime Santos Latasa was born in San Sebastián in 1996. He won Spain's under-10 championship in 2006, the under-12 title in 2008 and the under-14 title in 2010. He became a FIDE master in 2011. At the 2014 European Under-18 Championship, he shared third place and finished fourth on tiebreak. FIDE records his international master title in 2014 and his grandmaster title in 2018.

At the 2017 Dubai Open, Santos led after six rounds before falling back in the closing games. His largest rapid-chess success came in 2022, when he won the European Rapid Championship with 9½/11. In 2026, he won the Ciudad de León Masters. In the final, he defeated former World Blitz Champion Lê Quang Liêm by 3½-½.