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Fernandes, Ricardo Paulos
🇵🇹FIDE 1943464· Male· Portugal· Born in 2004
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Ricardo Paulos Fernandes, a 22-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 2109 and sitting in the top 5% of Portuguese players, and in the top 7% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 7-8, CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 4, and XIX Festival Internacional da Figueira da Foz. Also played 6 rapid (including CN Semirrapidas Equipas 2025-26) and 2 blitz events (including GXA Memorial Alekhine Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2176 was reached at age 17 (Jun 2021, Portuguese #30 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #8, #4, #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2109
Standard
Rpd2179·Blz2129
All-time high
2176
−67 pts below
Jun 2021 · age 17
Jun 2021 · age 17
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#56 · Portuguese players · of 1,126
Career timeline
21 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 22
Jun 2026
2024
8th Portuguese U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2086
Oct 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Jul 2022
2021
4th Portuguese U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2176
Jul 2021
Peak Portuguese rank: #30
at age 17 · rated 2176
Jun 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+27
2082 → 2109
Tournaments
5
14 games
Score
9/ 1464.3%
8W2D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knockout | May 2026 | 1/1 | SF | 2805 | +7.4 |
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #9 | 2683 | +4.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 2/1 | #55 | 2738 | +6.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #64 | 1360 | -8.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #27 | 2142 | +17.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsVitor Morais
🇵🇹POR·1834
+13 −8 =2
23 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAntonio Eduardo Fortunato
🇵🇹POR·1695
+12 −5 =0
17 games·last met Jul 2022
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vsJose BarriaIM
🇵🇹POR·2374
+4 −9 =3
16 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsLuis Miguel Alves
🇵🇹POR·1773
+10 −6 =0
16 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsLuis Sousa Reis
🇵🇹POR·2103
+7 −4 =1
12 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Portugal
#56
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#10,554
in continent
World
#14,555
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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