Rico Mascariñas is a Philippine (Filipino) chess player with the title of International Master who was

born 2 March 1953. He was one of the premiere chess players of the Philippines during the 1980s
and the 1990s and for a long period of time he was the No. 2 ranked player of the Philippines
behind Grandmaster Eugenio Torre. During his prime, he almost always played board 2 in the Chess
Olympiad behind Torre before he was eventually replaced by Grandmaster Rogelio Antonio Jr.
Per World Chess Federation (FIDE), his highest numerical Elo rating was 2437 which he reached in
January 2001 up to July 2001. At present, he has a numerical Elo rating of 2416 with a World Rank
of No. 1800 and a National Rank (among Filipino chess players) of No. 16. However, per
chessgames.com, Mascariñas achieved a highest numerical Elo rating of 2470.
He is now based in Singapore where he coaches the junior team while still playing occasionally at
the Singapore Chess Open and the Vision Masters Tournament. He placed runner-up in the 3rd
Vision Masters and won the championship of the 4th and 8th editions of the Intchess Vision
Masters tournament.
In 2004 Mascariñas was awarded the title of FIDE Instructor.[1]