José Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso is an Uruguayan chess grandmaster. He was born on October 28, 1954 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Cardoso is considered one of Uruguay's best chess players. He has three international grandmaster names: International Master (IM), Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (GGM), and Grandmaster (GM).
Throughout his career, he achieved a number of significant accomplishments. He represented Uruguay in nine Chess Olympiads between 1978 and 1998, and has also participated in various interzonal tournaments. Additionally, he won the Uruguayan Chess Championship seven times between 1975 and 1995. He was awarded the GM title in 2002.