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Alvarez, Ricardo Fernando
🇵🇹FIDE 1900749· Male· Portugal· Born in 1980
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Ricardo Fernando Alvarez, a 46-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 1826. He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 6 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 4, Taca de Portugal r. 3, and Taca de Portugal r. 2. Also played 9 rapid (including CN Semirrapidas Equipas 2025-26) and 3 blitz events (including CD Aveiro Rapidas Equipas 2024-25) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 19 months (2009–2011) and 88 months (2014–2021). His peak of 1898 was reached at age 45 (Apr 2025).
Current rating
1826
Standard
Rpd1820·Blz1740
All-time high
1898
−72 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 45
Apr 2025 · age 45
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#68,404
#68,404 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
27th Portuguese 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1836
May 2026
2025
19th Portuguese 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 1898
Apr 2025
All-time peak 1898
at age 45 · −72 from today
Apr 2025
Best 12-month gain (+169 Elo)
1676 → 1845
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 44
Mar 2024
2022
100 career games
at age 42
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-27
1853 → 1826
Tournaments
9
17 games
Score
10.5/ 1761.8%
10W1D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0/1 | #109 | 1049 | -9.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 2592 | +8.6 |
Knockout | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | R128 | 992 | -11.4 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | R64 | 2414 | +4.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #40 | 2578 | +8.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/6 | #24 | 1809 | -25.0 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 2/1 | QF | 2326 | +2.6 |
Knockout | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | QF | 930 | -13.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsClaudio Simao Carvalho Faria Sa
🇵🇹POR·1841
+5 −4 =2
11 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsGustavo RibeiroFM
🇵🇹POR·2199
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met May 2024
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vsVitor Hugo Pina Soares Carvalho
🇵🇹POR·1903
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsBenjamim Viegas Valente
🇵🇹POR·1765
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsPedro Simao Sousa
🇵🇹POR·1973
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met May 2025
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Rankings
/
Portugal
#370
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#49,818
in continent
World
#68,403
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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