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Novais, Carlos Joao Fernandes
🇵🇹FIDE 1904450· Male· Portugal· Born in 1990
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Carlos Joao Fernandes Novais, a 36-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 2102 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 57 Elo over the past 12 months. 54 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 7-8, Taca de Portugal r.4, and CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 5-6. Also played 5 rapid (including CN Semirrapidas Equipas 2025-26) and 5 blitz events (including CN Pares Mistos 2024-25) recently. His peak of 2172 was reached at age 35 (Jul 2025, Portuguese #40 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #6, #6, #6 and #7 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2102
Standard
Rpd2103·Blz2107
All-time high
2172
−70 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 35
Jul 2025 · age 35
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,237 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2025
Peak Portuguese rank: #40
at age 35 · rated 2172
Jul 2025
All-time peak 2172
at age 35 · −70 from today
Jul 2025
500 career games
at age 35
Jun 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 34
Apr 2024
2020
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2051 → returned at 2047
Nov 2020
2016
Crossed 2100
at age 26
Sep 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-70
2172 → 2102
Tournaments
16
43 games
Score
24/ 4355.8%
17W14D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0.5/1 | #47 | 2197 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 0/1 | #70 | 1378 | -8.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #27 | 2786 | +6.8 |
Knockout | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | R64 | 1643 | -2.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #119 | 2091 | -1.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #98 | 1392 | -8.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #82 | 2008 | -6.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #54 | 1335 | -10.0 |
Knockout | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | R64 | 2169 | +1.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #62 | 1432 | -7.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAndre Ventura SousaIM
🇵🇹POR·2448
+4 −10 =2
16 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsArtur Jorge Capela Gomes Lemos
🇵🇹POR·1619
+12 −0 =2
14 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsBruno Miguel De Sousa GomesCM
🇵🇹POR·2233
+3 −4 =4
11 games·last met Jan 2016
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vsSergey Demyanchuk
🇵🇹POR·1931
+7 −0 =3
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsSimao Pintor
🇵🇹POR·2106
+4 −5 =1
10 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Portugal
#65
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#11,066
in continent
World
#15,237
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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