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Galego, Luis

Galego, Luis

GM🇵🇹

FIDEFIDE 1900072· Male· Portugal· Born in 1966

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Luis Galego, a 60-year-old Portuguese Grandmaster, is rated 2400 and ranked 8th among Portuguese players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 22 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈63/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Open Chess Menorca 2026, XIX Festival Internacional da Figueira da Foz, and IV Manaus Chess Open 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including XXXIV Open Internacional Ciudad de Zafra) and 1 blitz events (including Campeonato Brasileiro de Xadrez BLZ 2025 Manaus) recently. His peak of 2543 was reached at age 40 (Apr 2006, World #336 at the time); he spent 66 months as Portuguese #1, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2002 (age 36) and IM in 2001 (age 35).

Current rating

2400

Standard

Rpd2396·Blz2506

All-time high

2543

−143 pts below
Apr 2006 · age 40

Activity

24

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#8

#8 · Portuguese players · of 1,156
66 months in #1 nationally (2001–2020)

Career timeline

23 entries
2023
21st 55-60 player worldwide
at age 57 · rated 2480
Mar 2023
2020
66 months in National #1
longest streak 28 months · since Oct 2001
Oct 2020
2019
29th 50-55 player worldwide
at age 53 · rated 2512
Apr 2019
Re-crossed 2500
at age 53
Jan 2019
2016
57th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 50 · rated 2484
Dec 2016
2014
1,000 career games
at age 48
Apr 2014

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
CN Equipas 2024-25
perf 2476 (+50) · 3/6 · #33
Top opponent
vs Alexandr FierGM 2,562
CN Equipas 2024-25 · Jul 2025 · +1.9 Elo
Evolution
-21
2421 → 2400
Tournaments
4
21 games
Score
12.5/ 2159.5%
8W9D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJose BarriaIM2,371·CN Equipas 2024-25·R7·+4.2
2.[W]vsMichal FiedorekFM2,286·XIX Festival Internacional da Figueira da Foz·R4·+3.2
3.[D]vsAlexandr FierGM2,562·CN Equipas 2024-25·R9·+1.9
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJagreet MisraCM2,192·V Open Chess Menorca 2026·R6·-7.7
2.[L]vsMathias Andre CasalasproFM2,261·IV Manaus Chess Open 2025·R4·-7.0
3.[L]vsAdam DorranceFM2,276·V Open Chess Menorca 2026·R5·-6.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
V Open Chess Menorca 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20261.5/4#3782112-15.6
XIX Festival Internacional da Figueira da Foz
Open Swiss
Nov 20253/3#712901+5.5
IV Manaus Chess Open 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20255/8#262196-16.4
CN Equipas 2024-25
Team
Jul 20253/6#332476+4.5
Worst Elo result: IV Manaus Chess Open 2025 (-16.4 Elo, finished #26).

Most-Played Opponents

vsKevin SpraggettGM
🇨🇦CAN·2414
+3 −4 =9
16 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsJorge Viterbo FerreiraGM
🇵🇹POR·2525
+2 −5 =8
15 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsAntonio FernandesGM
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+2 −3 =10
15 games·last met Sep 2022
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vsJose PadeiroFM
🇵🇹POR·2140
+4 −2 =8
14 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsRui DamasoIM
🇵🇹POR·2417
+1 −1 =11
13 games·last met Sep 2019
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Rankings

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Portugal
#8
out of 1,729 players
Europe
#1,053
in continent
World
#1,678
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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9
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1
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2
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1678🇵🇹Galego, Luis2,400