Jorge Cori

Jorge Moisés Cori Tello (born July 30, 1995 in Lima) is a Peruvian chess grandmaster. He was the 2009 World Under-14 Champion and the 2011 World U16 Champion. Cori won several medals in both Panamerican and World Youth Championships.

His sister is WGM Deysi Cori.

Career

Cori came equal first in the Under-10 Panamerican Youth Championship in 2004 and thanks to this result he was awarded the title of FIDE Master. In 2005, he won the Panamerican U10 Championship with a perfect score of 9/9 points, namely winning all the nine games. He won the Panamerican U12 Championship in 2006 and later that year, he placed equal second (fourth on tiebreak) in the same division of the World Youth Chess Championship scoring 8.5/11. In the following year he came equal first (second on tiebreak) in the Panamerican U12 Championship and placed equal third (fifth on tiebreak) in the World U12 Championship.

In October 2007, he competed in the American Continental Championship for the first time and scored 6/9, achieving a double International Master (IM) norm.