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Almeida, Joao Pedro Dias
🇵🇹FIDE 1952765· Male· Portugal· Born in 2006
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Joao Pedro Dias Almeida, a 20-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 2178 — his current career high and ranked 35th among Portuguese players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +162 Elo over the past 12 months. 72 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, CN Jovens 2025-26 - U20, and Taca de Portugal r. 3. Also played 6 rapid (including European Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 7 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He took a 27-month break between Jan 2017 and May 2019. He reached Portuguese #43 in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #2, #3, #3, #27 and #64 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2178
Standard
Rpd2073·Blz2098
All-time high
2178
at best
Jun 2026 · age 20
Jun 2026 · age 20
Activity
70
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
70 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#35
#35 · Portuguese players · of 1,126
Career timeline
17 entries2026
All-time peak 2178
at age 20
Jun 2026
Peak Portuguese rank: #43
at age 20 · rated 2156
May 2026
2nd Portuguese U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2156
May 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 20
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 19
May 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+162
2016 → 2178
Tournaments
11
65 games
Score
44.5/ 6568.5%
36W17D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/8 | #132 | 2317 | +44.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2216 | +8.4 |
Knockout | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | R64 | 2179 | +2.2 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | R64 | 2721 | +5.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #5 | 2050 | +1.6 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 8/9 | #1 | 2249 | +30.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #3 | 2046 | +0.8 |
Hot streak: 7 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsRodrigo Andias Sarabando
🇵🇹POR·2044
+6 −18 =3
27 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsGustavo RibeiroFM
🇵🇹POR·2199
+4 −17 =5
26 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsFilipa Camacho
🇵🇹POR·1726
+18 −7 =1
26 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsTomas Carvalho Veleirinho
🇵🇹POR·1994
+10 −9 =4
23 games·last met May 2026
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vsRodrigo RibeiroFM
🇵🇹POR·2153
+5 −14 =4
23 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Portugal
#35
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#6,644
in continent
World
#9,406
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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