Ramirez earned his Grandmaster title by the age of 15. It is high time for a new chess era where we do all we can to make women, girls and all children feel fully safe and welcome.”ĬNN has reached out to the International Chess Federation (FIDE) for comment.Īccording to the Saint Louis Chess Club website, Ramirez was a chess prodigy and a FIDE Master when he was 9 years old. Shahade told CNN Thursday that she was “relieved to hear Alejandro Ramirez resigned from the chess club and SLU. They have since assigned an interim coach to lead the team.” Louis Chess Club removed Ramirez as SLU’s coach. Ramirez had been a chess coach with Saint Louis University since the inception of the school’s chess program in 2016.Ī university spokesperson told CNN Thursday: “On February 16, at our request, the St. The chess club added that following his resignation, the investigator it retained contacted Ramirez’s attorney for an interview with him, but did not receive a response. In September 2022, the club received a report from a woman, who alleged she had experienced inappropriate conduct from Ramirez “more than 10 years prior to his employment,” as well as other unidentified women.Īs a result of the allegations the Saint Louis Chess Club said it retained an outside law firm to conduct an independent investigation. However, the Saint Louis Chess Club said it was unable to initiate an investigation into Ramirez due to the individuals not being identified. It confirmed that in October 2020, Shahade brought an allegation that Ramirez “had engaged in inappropriate behavior with female chess players” years before being employed there. The Saint Louis Chess Club said that it received “no reports whatsoever” of any alleged inappropriate conduct by Ramirez that occurred while he was employed there.
Ramirez has resigned from his post at the Saint Louis Chess Club, the club confirmed in a statement to CNN on Thursday.
However, because US Chess did not receive complaints from, or sufficient information regarding, the allegations of the other women referenced in the WSJ article, we have not had the opportunity to investigate and consider those additional allegations.
US Chess said it “strongly respects the right of alleged victims to control when and to whom they tell their story.
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