James Grundy (chess player) James Grundy (chess player) James Glover Grundy (February 14, 1855 – January 26, 1919) was an English-American chess master. Grundy is known to have played in only one chess tournament of any note. However, his result in that tournament was outstanding. In the Fifth American Chess Congress, held in New York City in January 1880, Grundy tied for first with George Henry Mackenzie, with each scoring 13½/18 in the double round robin. In the following game, Grundy beat George Henry Mackenzie, one of the strongest American players of his day: Grundy-Mackenzie, Fifth American Chess Congress, New York 1880 1.e4 e5
Alejandro Ramírez (chess player) Alejandro Ramírez (chess player) Alejandro Tadeo Ramírez Álvarez (born 21 June 1988 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican-born American chess grandmaster. At the age of 15, he became the first Central American to achieve the grandmaster title and the second youngest chess grandmaster in the world at the time. He graduated from the University of Texas in Dallas with a master's degree in arts and technology, video game design. Ramírez started playing chess at the age of four after watching the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer" and was taught the game by his father, Jorge Ramírez. In