Jaime Santos Latasa

Jaime Santos Latasa (born 3 July 1996^[1]) is a Spanish chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018.^[2]

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Jaime Santos Latasa
Jaime Santos Latasa in 2023
Country	Spain
Born	(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 (age 29) San Sebastián, Spain
Title	Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating	2614 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2680 (September 2022)
Peak ranking	No. 59 (September 2022)

Santos became a FIDE Master in 2011 and an International Master with effect from 15 August 2013.^[3] He was the Spanish U10 champion in 2006, the Spanish U12 champion in 2008 and the Spanish U14 champion in 2010. He was 19th in the San Sebastian Open 2009.^[4] He placed =3rd (4th on tiebreak) at the European U18 Junior Championship in 2014.^[5]

He led the Dubai Open Chess Tournament in 2017 with 5.5 points after 6 rounds,^[6] although finishing the tournament with a 20th place with 6.0/9.^[7]

As of September 2023^[update], Santos is the fifth highest-rated Spanish player.^[8]

On 18 December 2022 Santos won the 2022 European Championship in Rapid Chess with a score of 9.5 out of 11 points.^[9]

Jaime Santos Latasa

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