Ryan Harper (chess player)

Ryan Harper
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Born	(1977-03-29) 29 March 1977 (age 47)[1] Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Title	FIDE Master (2000)
Peak rating	2309 (January 2018)

Ryan Harper (born 1977) is a chess player and coach from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Harper is a nine time Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship National Champion.[2]

He is a FIDE Master (FM). As of 2013^[update] Harper is one of the top-ranked chess player in his country.

He has won numerous chess competitions locally and a number of competitions abroad.

He achieved his highest rating of 2309 in January 2018 maintaining his top ranking in Trinidad and Tobago at that time. Although his rating has dropped since then he maintains a national ranking among the top 10 players.

References

1. "Ryan Harper".
2. Jacobs, Carl (3 November 2011). "Chess: Chess king Harper's elusive dream". The Trinidad Guardian.

Further reading

• Harper crushes GM at Olympiad, Guardian Trinidad&Tobago, 6 September 2012

External links

• Ryan Harper rating card at FIDE
• Ryan Harper player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Ryan Harper chess games at 365Chess.com
• Ryan Harper Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
• MEN'S CHESS OLYMPIADS, Olimpbase
• FM Harper defends the title, The Chessdrum
• FM Ryan Harper, The Chessdrum