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Emilio Cordova
Title:
Grandmaster
Rating:
2655
Federation:
Peru
Age:
25
Bio:
Emilio Córdova Daza is a Grand Master of Peruvian chess, a title that he earned in 2008. He started playing chess at age 8 with his father. At age 9 he won the Pan American Chess Championship in 2001. In 2005, he became the youngest International Master of Peru and South America until Jorge Cori Tello broke the record. By 2008, both Emilio Cordova Daza and Julio Granda were considered the maximum exponents of the science of the sport in Peru.
