Luís Galego (born in

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

, Portugal, 25 April 1966) is a Portuguese

chess grandmaster Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the t ...

. He represented Portugal in ten

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s (at top board since 2002), achieved a peak

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of 2543, and was national champion five times, most recently in 2012. In 2006, he tied for 2nd–9th with

Luke McShane Luke James McShane (born 7 January 1984) is an English chess player. A chess prodigy, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000, at the age of 16. McShane has become one of England's leading players and a member of the national t ...

, Stephen J. Gordon, Gawain Jones,

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, Danny Gormally,

Klaus Bischoff Klaus Bischoff (born 9 June 1961 in Ulm) is a German chess player who was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 1990. In international tournaments, he has taken a share of first place on a number of occasions, including Kecskemét 1988, Ar ...

and Karel van der Weide in the 2nd EU Individual Open Chess Championship in

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. As of March 2011, his rating is 2500, making him Portugal's top player.

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* * 1966 births Living people Portuguese chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Sportspeople from Porto {{portugal-chess-bio-stub