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Valencia Betancourth, Nicolas
🇨🇴FIDE 144448635· Male· Colombia· Born in 2007
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Nicolas Valencia Betancourth, a 19-year-old Colombian player, is rated 1655 — just 25 short of his peak of 1680 (Feb 2025, age 18). He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: XXXI Torneo Internacional Clasico Feria de Manizales 2026 and IRT Clasico Gran Circuito de Ajedrez de Risaralda 2025. Also played 12 rapid (including IRT Rapido por equipos Fiestas del Progreso Dosquebradas 2025) and 8 blitz events (including XXXI Torneo Internacional Blitz Feria de Manizales 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #66 and #75 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1655
Standard
Rpd1751·Blz1774
All-time high
1680
−25 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 18
Feb 2025 · age 18
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#126,340
#126,340 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
66th Colombian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1655
May 2026
2025
75th Colombian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1680
Feb 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 18
Feb 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 18
Feb 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 18
Feb 2025
All-time peak 1680
at age 18 · −25 from today
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-8
1663 → 1655
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
7/ 1353.8%
7W0D6L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsJose David Ramirez Lezama1,510·IRT Clasico Gran Circuito de Ajedrez de Risaralda 2025·R6·+12.3
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsNerio Antonio Montoya1,788·XXXI Torneo Internacional Clasico Feria de Manizales 2026·R7·-12.7
3.[L]vsJorge Alain Roldan Arboleda1,887·XXXI Torneo Internacional Clasico Feria de Manizales 2026·R6·-8.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/4 | #123 | 2677 | +2.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #32 | 1867 | -11.2 |
Rankings
/
Colombia
#920
out of 2,950 players
Americas
#15,389
in continent
World
#126,334
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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