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Elguezabal Varela, Daniel

FM🇪🇸

FIDEFIDE 101079· Male· Spain· Born in 1958

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Daniel Elguezabal Varela, a 68-year-old Spanish FIDE Master, is rated 2313 and sitting in the top 1% of Spanish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 10 years. 21 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato de Liga por Equipos de Madrid 2025-2026 - Division de Honor Rondas 4-5, CE Veteranos 65 2025, and World Senior Chess Championships 2025 - Over 65. He had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2001–2003), 53 months (2003–2007), 13 months (2014–2015) and 42 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2393 was reached at age 50 (Jul 2008); he also reached Spanish #73 in Jan 2002.

Competes for Spain since Sep 2023. Awarded FM in 2001 (age 43).

Current rating

2313

Standard

Rpd·Blz2310

All-time high

2393

80 pts below
Jul 2008 · age 50

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#199 · Spanish players · of 18,813

Career timeline

20 entries
2025
52nd 65-70 player worldwide
at age 67 · rated 2319
Oct 2025
2023
Switched federation: ARG → ESP
at age 65
Sep 2023
2020
Inactive for 42 months
paused at 2325 → returned at 2322
Apr 2020
2019
98th 60-65 player worldwide
at age 61 · rated 2324
Dec 2019
2014
9th Spanish 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2356
Nov 2014
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2356 → returned at 2363
Apr 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Evolution
-6
23192313
Tournaments
3
21 games
Score
14.5/ 2169.0%
10W9D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Dec 20251/1#223116+5.1
Open Swiss
Nov 20256.5/9#52277-1.8
Open Swiss
Oct 20257/11#312249-8.7

Rankings

/
Spain
#199
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#2,421
in continent
World
#3,664
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Spain
1
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2
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2
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2,644
4
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2,615
5
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2,604
6
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2,597
7
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2,592
8
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2,591
9
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9
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2,587
...
199🇪🇸Elguezabal Varela, Daniel2,313
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2421🇪🇸Elguezabal Varela, Daniel2,313
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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3664🇪🇸Elguezabal Varela, Daniel2,313