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Sa, Luis Afonso
🇵🇹FIDE 1928627· Male· Portugal· Born in 2001
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Luis Afonso Sa, a 25-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 1792 — just 3 short of his peak of 1795 (May 2026, age 25). He is on a steady climb with +57 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 7-8, CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 5-6, and Taca de Portugal r. 3. Also played 1 blitz event (including CD Porto Rapidas Equipas 2024-25) recently. He took a 18-month break between Aug 2018 and Mar 2020.
At junior level, he reached #17, #24, #14, #12 and #7 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1792
Standard
Rpd1756·Blz1681
All-time high
1795
−3 pts below
May 2026 · age 25
May 2026 · age 25
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#78,904
#78,904 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2026
All-time peak 1795
at age 25 · −3 from today
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+199 Elo)
1532 → 1731
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 23
Mar 2024
2022
Re-crossed 1500
at age 21
Jun 2022
2020
17th Portuguese U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1490
Oct 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+57
1735 → 1792
Tournaments
8
10 games
Score
6/ 1060.0%
5W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0/1 | #80 | 1312 | -2.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1.5/2 | #18 | 1982 | +10.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #20 | 2798 | +31.8 |
Knockout | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | R128 | 1529 | -1.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #63 | 1295 | -2.0 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | R64 | 2681 | +14.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #48 | 2721 | +15.0 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 0.5/1 | #34 | 1490 | -6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGoncalo Sincero Costa Mesquita
🇵🇹POR·1446
+7 −1 =0
8 games·last met Jul 2016
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vsHugo Carneiro Sousa
🇵🇹POR·2091
+0 −6 =1
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsPedro Miguel Silveira Pinto
🇵🇹POR·1592
+5 −1 =1
7 games·last met Apr 2016
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vsDiogo Faria Oliveira Martins
🇵🇹POR·1987
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsBruno Daniel Mendes
🇵🇹POR·1719
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Sep 2021
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Rankings
/
Portugal
#433
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#57,016
in continent
World
#78,903
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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