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Costa, Rui
🇵🇹FIDE 1901648· Male· Portugal· Born in 1982
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Rui Costa, a 44-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 1967. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 14 months (2005–2006), 13 months (2010–2011) and 54 months (2018–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: XLIII Torneio Aberto de Cucujaes. Also played 1 rapid event (including CD Aveiro Semirrapidas Equipas 2025-26) recently. His peak of 2090 was reached at age 21 (Oct 2003, Portuguese #86 at the time).
Current rating
1967
Standard
Rpd1903·Blz1933
All-time high
2090
−123 pts below
Oct 2003 · age 21
Oct 2003 · age 21
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#33,248
#33,248 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
15th Portuguese 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 1994
Apr 2024
Best 12-month gain (+57 Elo)
1937 → 1994
Apr 2024
2018
Inactive for 54 months
paused at 1949 → returned at 1937
Jun 2018
2014
Re-crossed 2000
at age 32
Nov 2014
100 career games
at age 32
Nov 2014
Re-crossed 2000
at age 32
Apr 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-20
1987 → 1967
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
3.5/ 750.0%
3W1D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/7 | #12 | 1858 | -20.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGustavo RibeiroFM
🇵🇹POR·2199
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2025
View head-to-head →
vsClaudio Simao Carvalho Faria Sa
🇵🇹POR·1841
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met May 2025
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vsTiago Saraiva Fernandes
🇵🇹POR·1980
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsRicardo Fernando Alvarez
🇵🇹POR·1826
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsDaniel Filipe Oliveira Costa
🇵🇹POR·1448
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Portugal
#165
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#24,584
in continent
World
#33,247
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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