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URU · 58 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1893 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1984 at CAMPEONATO URUGUAYO BLTZ 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=32540 live, down 509#32,031 publishedUruguay #109Americas #=5352among active players

Blitz rating

1838

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Nov 2021

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1870 to 1838 over the last 12 months; peak 1893 in March 2024.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261842, -10, 5 games1882, 0, 0 games1838, -5, 6 games
Oct 20261852, 0, 0 games1882, 0, 0 games1843, -14, 6 games
Sep 20261852, 0, 0 games1882, 0, 0 games1857, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261852, 0, 0 games1882, 0, 0 games1857, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261852, -21, 5 games1882, 0, 0 games1857, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261873, 0, 0 games1882, 0, 0 games1857, 0, 0 games
May 20261873, +1, 4 games1882, 0, 0 games1857, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261872, 0, 0 games1882, 0, 0 games1857, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261872, +29, 5 games1882, -11, 5 games1857, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261843, 0, 0 games1893, 0, 0 games1857, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261843, 0, 0 games1893, 0, 0 games1857, +11, 6 games
Dec 20251843, 0, 0 games1893, 0, 0 games1846, -24, 5 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Oct 2.

From 170 blitz games on record, the latest on Oct 2.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
III EFECTIVO BLITZ EN EL MIJAIL TALOct 2TPR 18123/7

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Blitz

From 148 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2021–2026

#OpponentRating
1, IM Claudio Coppola, Sep 2023 · Campeonato Uruguayo de Blitz 2023, 2190
2, Cristian Rosero Salazar, Oct 2024 · Miercoles de Blitz en el Misterio VII, 2035*
3, CM Tabare Bustelo, Aug 2025 · CAMPEONATO URUGUAYO BLTZ 2025, 2022

* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 11 of 170 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.c4 in 6 of 6 games.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
English Opening633%

Event timeline · Blitz

25 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
202612419161791
20254423½18441865
20243416½18101803
20233725½16331774
202210617371809
2021116½17261791

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Luis Espel · Blitz

World

  1. #=32540Nilo Alessandro D`ippolito1838.0
  2. #=32540Luis Enrique Portillo Escobedo1838.0
  3. #=32540Luis Espel1838.0
  4. #=32540Rudransh Pathak1838.0
  5. #=32540Sanjay Kumar1838.0

Uruguay

  1. #107Mario Davila Texeira1840.0
  2. #108Luis Vigo1839.6
  3. #109Luis Espel1838.0
  4. #110WCM Daiana De Leon1834.8
  5. #111Alain Ruiz1831.8

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.