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COL · 64 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2344 (By Dec 2014)

Best performance: 2177 at IRT BLITZ Millonario de Navidad Ciudad Bogota(Best of 2014)

World #=4465 live, down 35#4,430 publishedColombia #46Americas #=611among active players

Blitz rating

2201

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

On FIDE’s list since Dec 2014

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2249 to 2201 over the last 12 months; peak 2344 by December 2014.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262263, 0, 0 games2226, -20, 5 games2201, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262263, 0, 0 games2246, +10, 4 games2201, -48, 9 games
Sep 20262263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games
May 20262263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252263, 0, 0 games2236, 0, 0 games2249, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 3 games, Aug 29.

From 41 blitz games on record, the latest on Aug 29.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Torneo IRT Departamental Blitz Antioquia 2026Aug 29TPR 19405½/9

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 39 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2014–2026

#OpponentRating
1, FM Jhon David Castaneda, Jun 2025 · III.IRT Fiestas del Platano Blitz Sabaneta 2025, 2176
2, WIM Ingris Rivera, May 2024 · XVII Campeonato Continental Absoluto de Ajedrez BLITZ de las Americas 2024 Jorge Vega In Memoriam, 2113
3, Gonzalo Hernandez, 2 wins, Dec 2014 · IRT BLITZ Millonario de Navidad Ciudad Bogota, 2112

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 9 of 41 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 5 of 5 games.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Queen's Pawn Game570%

Event timeline · Blitz

4 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
202695½18601940
202596½19042070
202496½19472113
2014126½21482177

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

Rated near Nelson Gamboa · Blitz

World

  1. #=4465IM Alexander Dukhov2201.0
  2. #=4465Alexander Hudjakov2201.0
  3. #=4465IM Nelson Gamboa2201.0
  4. #=4465IM Klaus Klundt2201.0
  5. #=4465FM Reiner Odendahl2201.0

Colombia

  1. #=43FM Richard Alejandro Rueda Rojas2212.0
  2. #45FM Jhon David Castaneda2202.0
  3. #46IM Nelson Gamboa2201.0
  4. #47FM German Enrique Rodriguez Velasco2199.0
  5. #48FM Andres F Escobar Medina2196.0

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