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Santos, Joao Artur Almeida

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FIDEFIDE 1905910· Male· Portugal· Born in 1983

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Joao Artur Almeida Santos, a 43-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 1928. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 9 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Isle of Wight Weekday Under 2100, 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Round Robin 3, and 2025 British Championship: PM Under 2050. Also played 1 rapid (including Golders Green FIDE Rapid June 2025 - Open) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Blitz 5) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 37 months (2014–2017), 17 months (2017–2018), 13 months (2018–2019) and 36 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2101 was reached at age 25 (Oct 2008, Portuguese #71 at the time).

Current rating

1928

Standard

Rpd1909·Blz1847

All-time high

2101

−173 pts below
Oct 2008 · age 25

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#41,448

#41,448 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

14 entries
2024
14th Portuguese 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 1963
Sep 2024
2019
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 1954 → returned at 1964
Nov 2019
2018
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1937 → returned at 1954
Sep 2018
2017
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1963 → returned at 1937
Mar 2017
2014
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 1977 → returned at 1963
Jan 2014
2008
Peak Portuguese rank: #71
at age 25 · rated 2101
Oct 2008

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Archie Flavell 1,955
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Round Robin 3 · Nov 2025 · +0.5 Elo
Evolution
-22
1950 → 1928
Tournaments
3
15 games
Score
9/ 1560.0%
4W10D1L
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Isle of Wight Weekday Under 2100
Open Swiss
Feb 20263/4#30—-10.2
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Round Robin 3
Round-Robin
Nov 20252/4#51941+0.2
2025 British Championship: PM Under 2050
Open Swiss
Aug 20254/6#31862-11.6

Rankings

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Portugal
#206
out of 1,729 players
Europe
#30,589
in continent
World
#41,448
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Portugal
1
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2
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2,449
3
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2,446
4
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2,436
5
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2,417
6
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2,408
7
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2,403
8
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2,400
9
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2,380
10
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2,362
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206🇵🇹Santos, Joao Artur Almeida1,928
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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41448🇵🇹Santos, Joao Artur Almeida1,928