Miguel Illescas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Miguel Illescas
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 3, 1965(1965-12-03)
Age	59
Birthplace	Barcelona
Country	Spain
Birth City	Catalonia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Miguel Illescas Biography

Miguel Illescas is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on December 3, 1965 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Miguel Illescas Cordoba, a Spanish chess grandmaster, was born December 3, 1965 in Barcelona.

He has won the Spanish national championship in 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2001. He has won the Spanish national championship of 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2001. He also represented his country at numerous Olympiads starting in 1986. In 2006, he was awarded a bronze medal at Turin.

Consequently, he was a logical choice to join Kramnik as a second for his world championship clash with Kasparov in 2000. Kramnik became champion and the winning partnership was restored for the 2004 defence against Peter Leko and the 2006 reunification match with Topalov ( – curiously, Topalov chose to include Illescas’ compatriot Francisco Vallejo Pons in his own team of seconds). Illescas sees himself as part coach and part guru in these situations, involving himself with not just the chess analysis, but also the thought process and personality traits of the opponent.

In 2004 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.

Illescas is no longer the Spanish number one player, but he’s still a respected and tough competitor, thanks to the 1994 arrival of Alexei Shirov, the super-grandmaster.

Miguel Illescas Net Worth

Miguel Illescas is one of the richest Chess Player from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Miguel Illescas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Illescas, a talented young player, was named junior champion of Catalonia in the age of 12. Although Illescas was a computer scientist by training, chess remained his true passion. He won the International Master title in 1986 and the Grandmaster title for 1988. Illescas quickly became Spain’s strongest player and most consistent over many years. He registered his country’s highest Elo rating (2620), in 1993, which made him world number 26. His match against Ljubomir Ljubojevic in 1993 ended 4-4. All eight games were drawn.

Illescas’ tournament wins as a young man were notable. 1st= Las Palmas 1987/88, 1st Oviedo91, 1st= Pamplona 1992/92 (with Leonid Judasin), 2nd= Leon92 (after Boris Gulko), Third= Chalkidiki 1992, after Joel Lautier and Vladimir Kramnik), 1st Lisbon Zonal93 and 2nd Wijk an Zee 1993 (after Anatoly Karapov). He won again in the later part of the nineties; 1st Linares, (MEX), 1994, 1st Linares, (ESP) Zonal 1995 and 1st= Pamplona 1996 (with VeselinTopalov). He was 1st= at Pamplona 2003 and shared victory with Luke McShane, Emil Sutovsky.

In 1997, he was appointed to the IBM-led team that prepared the super-computer Deep Blue in the build up to a second match with Garry Kasparov. Working with Joel Benjamin, Nick DeFirmian and John Fedorowicz, the project and match result were an unreserved success and this undoubtedly enhanced his reputation as an analyst, team player and perhaps most importantly, someone who understood the psyche of the incumbent world champion better than most.

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Miguel Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Miguel Illescas celebrates birthday on December 3 of every year.