Format
MF
Montes, Francisco
🇦🇷FIDE 136913· Male· Argentina· Born in 1999
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Francisco Montes, a 27-year-old Argentine player, is rated 1956 — just 13 short of his peak of 1969 (Jul 2025, age 26). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year. Recent appearance: XV Abierto Internacional de Ajedrez 104 Aniversario de Rio Grande" - IRT. Also played 5 rapid (including IRT - Abierto - Homenaje "Jorge Herrera") and 2 blitz events (including Torneo Blitz Abierto 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2015–2017) and 36 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #34, #40 and #28 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1956
Standard
Rpd2006·Blz1941
All-time high
1969
−13 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 26
Jul 2025 · age 26
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#35,444
#35,444 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
All-time peak 1969
at age 26 · −13 from today
Jul 2025
100 career games
at age 26
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+97 Elo)
1838 → 1935
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 1832 → returned at 1826
Aug 2019
2018
34th Argentine U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1852
Dec 2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jul 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-13
1969 → 1956
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
3.5/ 750.0%
3W1D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsFrancisco Ortiz2,077·XV Abierto Internacional de Ajedrez 104 Aniversario de Rio Grande" - IRT·R7·-6.7
2.[L]vsHugo Frey PerezFM2,169·XV Abierto Internacional de Ajedrez 104 Aniversario de Rio Grande" - IRT·R2·-4.5
3.[L]vsFranco VillegasIM2,343·XV Abierto Internacional de Ajedrez 104 Aniversario de Rio Grande" - IRT·R4·-1.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/6 | #22 | 1989 | -13.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnibal Adorno
🇦🇷ARG·1797
+8 −1 =0
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsFederico Torres
🇦🇷ARG·2146
+3 −4 =2
9 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsFrancisco Zsilavecz
🇦🇷ARG·1768
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSebastian Sandoval
🇦🇷ARG·1990
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsDaniel Zsilavecz
🇦🇷ARG·1721
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Argentina
#455
out of 3,298 players
Americas
#3,818
in continent
World
#35,443
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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