José Bárria

José Bárria

Portfolio Chess

About me

Hello! My name is José Bárria. I am a 22-year-old Software Engineer with a strong passion for chess. I am finishing my MSc in Software Engineering and Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisbon.
I love to do sports and learn new things, programming languages. I also currently speak Portuguese, English and Spanish fluently, and am looking to expand that in the future!

José Bárria

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 trying honored to have reached the International Master 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

My Career

  • Built & Published my first app!

    Finance Duck - Personal finance tracker, built with React Native.

  • Reached International Master title

    Pontevedra, Spain

    Made my last norm in the Pontevedra Open

  • National Blitz Championship 🥇

    Lisboa, Portugal

    Regained the title!

  • Started Master's Degree

    Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa

    Minor in Artificial Intelligence

  • Finished Bachelor's Degree

    Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa

    GPA of 13.7/20

  • National Classical Championship 🥇

    Coimbra, Portugal

    My greatest achievement to date! 8/9pts

  • National Blitz Championship 🥇

    Setúbal, Portugal

    First national win.

  • Started Bachelor's Degree

    Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa

    Computer Science and Software Engineering

  • Graduated High School

    Cascais High School - Cascais

    GPA of 17.7/20

  • Reached FM title

    Figueira da Foz, Portugal

    Finally!

  • National Youth Championship 🥇

    Pombal, Portugal

    The first time I won it. A huge turning point in my chess career

Portfolio

The most interesting things I've created so far.

Finance Duck New!

Easy expense tracker & budget planner. Track spending, savings & net worth. My very first app! Built with React Native & Expo Go.

Open on Play Store

Novelty Hunter New!

A browser-based tool that finds rare moves played by masters, then analyzes them with Stockfish and ranks them by an interest score I designed.

Open

Contact

Feel free to send a message regarding classes, novelty hunter feedback, or anything else!

Email

ze.guilherme.santos@gmail.com

Links

GitHub LinkedIn FIDE Profile