Jaime Santos Latasa is a Spanish chess grandmaster. He was born on 3 July 1996 in León, Spain, and achieved the grandmaster title in 2018, which is the highest title a chess player can attain. Before his title, he was awarded the international master title in 2013.
Santos Latasa's chess career is marked by notable accomplishments. He has won multiple Spanish Youth Chess Championship titles and was ranked first in the championship in 2013. He also finished first in the European U-16 Championship in 2012.
He represented Spain in the 2017 World Team Chess Championship, where the team was placed seventh. He has participated in multiple national and international tournaments and has shown outstanding performance. In 2018, he was the youngest player to win the Castilian-Leonese Chess Championship. In 2019, he participated in the World Cup, where he was eliminated in the first round by Chinese player Wei Yi.
His style of play, as per the Seattle Chess Ratings, is sophisticated, calculated, and open-minded. He is known for his ability to identify the dynamics of the opposition's moves and counter them with calculated attacks. He's also adept in the endgame analysis and implementing strategic moves for the final phases of the game.