◼ José Bárria

About me

Hello! My name is José Bárria. I am 22-year-old Software Engineer with a strong passion for chess.
I have been playing chess since I was 4 years old and started competing in chess tournaments at 10, having played in countless tournaments ever since. There have been many memorable moments throughout my journey, and now, 13 years later, I am finishing my Msc in Software Engineering and Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisbon, while trying to reach the highest chess honor possible - the Grandmaster title.
About 6 years ago, around the time of the pandemic, I also started teaching chess online. I've had quite some teaching experience already, having taught lots of players, including national champions.

Current: 2374 Elo
José Bárria

My Career

A couple moments that were remarkable in my career.

  • Reached IM title 🥳

    Made my last norm in the Pontevedra Open • Pontevedra, Spain

  • National Blitz Championship 🥇

    Regained the title! • Lisboa, Portugal

  • Started Master's Degree 👾

    Minor in Artififcial Intelligence • Insituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa

  • National Classical Championship 🥇

    My greatest achievement to date! 8/9pts • Coimbra, Portugal

  • Finished Bachelor's Degree 👨‍🎓

    GPA of 14.0/20 • Insituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa

  • National Blitz Championship 🥇

    First national win. • Setúbal, Portugal

  • Started Bachelor's Degree 👨‍🎓

    Computer Science and Software Engineering • Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa

  • Graduated High School 👨‍🎓

    GPA of 17.7/20 • Cascais High School - Cascais

  • Reached FM title ⏫

    Finally! • Figueira da Foz, Portugal

  • National Youth Championship 🥇

    The first time I won it. A huge turning point in my chess career • Pombal, Portugal

Novelty Hunter New!

Searching for novelties in chess is some serious grunt work. You have to manually go through game after game, looking for interesting moves, and it just takes too much time. So I came up with the idea of creating Novelty Hunter. This is a very simple open-source tool that hastens your search for the next move that will make you win a quick game, or maybe just find something new and interesting to add to your repertoire. Its core revolves around calculating a rarity score and an interest score for rare moves in a game. You can find more info here.

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Find Rare Moves

Upload a pgn file and it will find rare and (hopefully) interesting moves for you.

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What makes a move rare?

To decide if a move is rare I take into consideration how many times the move was played vs how many times the most popular move was played and how many games there were before and after the move.

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What makes a move interesting?

Here I consider how late the rare move was played, the game result and the engine's evaluation. I used Stockfish 18 Lite and considered the difference in evaluation between when the move was played and 5 moves later.

Open Novelty Hunter

Contact

Feel free to send a message regarding classes, tournaments, or anything else!

Email

ze.guilherme.santos@gmail.com

Links

GitHub LinkedIn FIDE Profile