chessgames.com
Members · Prefs · Laboratory · Collections · Openings · Endgames · Sacrifices · History · Search Kibitzing · Kibitzer's Café · Chessforums · Tournament Index · Players · Kibitzing

Yago De Moura Santiago
Y Santiago 
Photo by Roberto Cruz 

Number of games in database: 239
Years covered: 2008 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2482 (2486 rapid, 2485 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2510
Overall record: +111 -75 =53 (57.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (25) 
    B42 B48 B91 B60 B81
 Nimzo Indian (13) 
    E20 E24 E47 E46 E21
 English, 1 c4 e5 (8) 
    A27 A28 A29 A22 A21
 Queen's Gambit Declined (7) 
    D37 D06 D31 D38 D35
 English (6) 
    A15 A16 A10 A13
 English, 1 c4 c5 (6) 
    A33 A34 A31 A30
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (26) 
    C04 C00 C09 C11 C18
 French Tarrasch (15) 
    C04 C09 C03 C07
 Sicilian (12) 
    B90 B74 B22 B32 B30
 English (11) 
    A13 A10 A15
 Queen's Pawn Game (8) 
    D02 A40 A50 E00
 Reti System (7) 
    A04 A06 A05
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Herman vs Y Santiago, 2015 0-1
   Y Santiago vs C Cruz, 2014 1-0
   Y Santiago vs Pichot, 2014 1-0
   A Kovacevic vs Y Santiago, 2014 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Brazilian Championship 2012 (2013)
   Brazilian Championship (2013)
   Rio Chess Open (2023)
   1st Panno Masters (2012)
   Szmetan-Giardelli Open (2018)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2014)
   Semana Santa Open (2025)
   Brazilian Championship (2011)
   American Continental (2014)
   Brazilian Championship semifinal (2008)
   Karpos Open (2015)
   Casino Graz Open (2014)
   Gibraltar Masters (2016)
   Gibraltar Masters (2015)
   Dubai Open (2018)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2012 Pan-Am U-20 championship by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Menorca Open
   Y Santiago vs N Sarin (Apr-25-25) 0-1
   Y Santiago vs P Barzen (Apr-23-25) 0-1
   Y Santiago vs D Garcia Ramos (Apr-21-25) 1/2-1/2
   Y Santiago vs S Vega Gutierrez (Apr-20-25) 1-0
   R Ribeiro vs Y Santiago (Apr-20-25) 0-1

Search Sacrifice Explorer for Yago De Moura Santiago
Search Google for Yago De Moura Santiago
FIDE player card for Yago De Moura Santiago

YAGO DE MOURA SANTIAGO
(born Apr-17-1992, 33 years old) Brazil

[what is this?]

He was born in Recife. The son of journalist Vandeck Santiago and aromatherapist Maria Gorethi Barbosa de Moura, Yago Santiago received the first guidance on how to play chess with his father at the age of eight and his first participation in competition chess occurred when he was ten years old, with paternal encouragement. With ease of learning and doing variant calculations quickly, today stands out with an aggressive style of play.

The great masters who most influenced him were Kasparov, Alekhine and Fischer. In chess literature, the preferred works are My Great Predecessors of Kasparov and Zurich 53 by Bronstein. Santiago considers Henrique Mecking the greatest Brazilian chess player of all time. The favorite matches of his career are those against GM's André Diamant and Alexandr Fier in the 2009 Brazilian Final. In his official matches, Santiago has a special predilection for the Sicilian Defense. He also held several simultaneous matches, amongthem against the students of the World College in Natal.

In 2009 he was absolute champion of the Northeast of Brazil after winning the II Memorial Governador Miguel Arraes, an event better known as "Nordestão". In the same year he achieved the title of FIDE Master with an official rating of 2,274 points. In 2010 he was again absolute champion of the Northeast after winning the third edition of Nordestão.

Santiago has won two Brazilian Open tournaments that are national tournaments in which participation is free to all chess players, whether brazilian or from other countries. In the Osasco tournament,held between April 20 and 22, 2012, he was runner-up, and the champion was Paraguayan GM José Fernando Cubas.

On June 22, 2012 he became the first Pernambucan to win the title of International Master and the first northeastern chess player to perform this feat representing a federation of northeastern Brazil. After becoming runner-up in the South American Chess Championship, in the U-20 category, held in Asunción,the capital of Paraguay. Santiago finished the South American tied with seven points with another Brazilian, MI Evandro Barbosa, from Minas Gerais. In the tiebreaker, Barbosa was the title of champion and Santiago, vice, which guaranteed him the title of International Master.

In 1972,the Brazilian and two-time champion Hélder Câmara was the first northeastern chess player to win the title of International Master, but representing the Federation of São Paulo. The same can be said of the Maranhão Rafael Leitão and the Ceará André Diamant, current GM's. Santiago is the first to obtain the title representing a northeastern federation.

Wikipedia article: Yago De Moura Santiago

Last updated: 2023-11-03 17:02:21

Try our new games table.

 page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P Jatoba de Oliveira Reis vs Y Santiago  0-1392008Brazilian Championship semifinalA05 Reti Opening
2. A M Pereira vs Y Santiago  0-1392008Brazilian Championship semifinalB22 Sicilian, Alapin
3. Y Santiago vs S de Oliveira  1-0452008Brazilian Championship semifinalB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
4. Y Santiago vs A Fier 0-1842008Brazilian Championship semifinalB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
5. J Bittencourt vs Y Santiago  1-0902008Brazilian Championship semifinalB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. Y Santiago vs F Cavalcanti 0-1482008Brazilian Championship semifinalC16 French, Winawer
7. V Feliciano Ebert vs Y Santiago  ½-½492008Brazilian Championship semifinalB53 Sicilian
8. Y Santiago vs W Rocha  1-0272009ITT Nova ResendeB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
9. Y Santiago vs M I Macedo  ½-½292009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndC77 Ruy Lopez
10. A Diamant vs Y Santiago  0-1292009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndB30 Sicilian
11. Y Santiago vs R Leitao  0-1652009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
12. K Mekhitarian vs Y Santiago  1-0452009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndB32 Sicilian
13. Y Santiago vs C A Barreto Filho  ½-½332009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndA15 English
14. Y Santiago vs G Milos  0-1362009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
15. J Bittencourt vs Y Santiago  1-0472009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
16. Y Santiago vs R Molina  0-1562009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
17. E Matsuura vs Y Santiago  ½-½442009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndD02 Queen's Pawn Game
18. Y Santiago vs G Vescovi  0-1242009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndB42 Sicilian, Kan
19. A Fier vs Y Santiago  ½-½452009LXXV Campeonato Brasileiro IndD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. Y Santiago vs P Jatoba de Oliveira Reis  1-0622011Brazilian ChampionshipC16 French, Winawer
21. Mecking vs Y Santiago  1-0422011Brazilian ChampionshipD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. Y Santiago vs D Di Berardino  1-0392011Brazilian ChampionshipB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
23. F de Cresce El Debs vs Y Santiago  1-0332011Brazilian ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
24. Y Santiago vs G Vescovi  ½-½322011Brazilian ChampionshipB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
25. H Cunha dos Santos vs Y Santiago  0-1292011Brazilian ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 249  PGN Download
  REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Santiago wins | Santiago loses  

Kibitzer's Corner
May-20-15  PhilFeeley: Santiago played a very interesting English against Mareco at this year's American Continental. For comments on the game see Chessbase. I note that IM Luis Rodi called this game complicated at one point, but it seemed pretty straightforward to me. Perhaps I'm getting better. (One can only hope!) A great game nevertheless.

Santiago, Yago De Moura - Mareco, Sandro
Continental (4) 17.05.2015
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. O-O d6 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. b4 Bh3 12. b5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne7 14. a4 Nh7 15. Nf3 f5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Nd5 g5 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. e3 Rf7 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bb2 Kg8 22. e4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Re8 24. Rbd1 Nf8 25. h4 Bf6 26. Rd5 Qe6 27. Qe3 gxh4 28. Rxc5 Rg7 29. Bxe5 hxg3 30. fxg3 Nd7 31. Nd4 Qb6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Nf5 Rg6 34. Nxh6+ Kh7 35. Rh1 Rxe4 36. Qb3 Re2+ 37. Kf1 Re6 38. Nf5+ Kg8 39. a5 Qxc5 40. Qxe6+ Kf8 41. Rh8+ Ng8 42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Kf6 44. Qd8+ Ke5 45. Qxc7+ Qxc7 46. Rxc7 Kxf5 47. Rxb7 Rxg3 48. Rxa7 Rb3 49. b6 Rb5 50. b7 Ke4 51. a6 Kf3 52. Ke1 Ke3 53. Kd1 Kd3 54. Kc1 Ne7 55. Ra8 Nc6 56. Rc8 Nb4 57. Rd8+ Ke2 58. a7 Na2+ 59. Kc2 1-0

Jan-25-16  BIDMONFA: Yago De Moura Santiago

SANTIAGO, Yago De Moura
http://www.bidmonfa.com/santiago_ya...
_

NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion.

Please observe our posting guidelines:

  1. No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language.
  2. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts.
  3. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members.
  4. Nothing in violation of United States law.
  5. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members.
  6. No trolling.
  7. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited.
  8. Do not degrade Chessgames or any of it's staff/volunteers.

Please try to maintain a semblance of civility at all times.

Blow the Whistle

See something that violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform a moderator.


NOTE: Please keep all discussion on-topic. This forum is for this specific player only. To discuss chess or this site in general, visit the Kibitzer's Café.

Messages posted by Chessgames members do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors.
All moderator actions taken are ultimately at the sole discretion of the administration.

Spot an error? Please suggest your correction and help us eliminate database mistakes!
Home | About | Login | Logout | F.A.Q. | Profile | Preferences | Premium Membership | Kibitzer's Café | Biographer's Bistro | New Kibitzing | Chessforums | Tournament Index | Player Directory | Notable Games | World Chess Championships | Opening Explorer | Guess the Move | Game Collections | ChessBookie Game | Chessgames Challenge | Store | Privacy Notice | Contact Us

Copyright 2001-2025, Chessgames Services LLC