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Santos, Ruben Jose Melo
🇵🇹FIDE 1952838· Male· Portugal· Born in 1998
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Ruben Jose Melo Santos, a 28-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 1964 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +78 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CD Lisboa 2025-26: apuramento 1, CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 7-8, and Taca da AX Lisboa 2025-26 r.5. Also played 6 rapid (including CN Semirrapidas Equipas 2025-26) and 8 blitz events (including CN Rapidas Equipas 2024-2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #15 and #21 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1964
Standard
Rpd1943·Blz1917
All-time high
1964
at best
Jun 2026 · age 28
Jun 2026 · age 28
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#33,826
#33,826 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
64th Portuguese 20-35 player
at age 28 · rated 1964
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1964
at age 28
Jun 2026
2022
Crossed 1800
at age 24
Jun 2022
2018
15th Portuguese U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1726
Oct 2018
2017
100 career games
at age 19
Oct 2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+78
1886 → 1964
Tournaments
15
35 games
Score
23.5/ 3567.1%
21W5D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #10 | 2701 | +8.4 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/4 | #5 | 2499 | +17.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #45 | 2084 | +7.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #34 | 1153 | -9.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #21 | 2931 | +29.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/4 | #24 | 1575 | -29.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #12 | 2559 | +5.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #45 | 2120 | +5.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #23 | 2658 | +8.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #7 | 2600 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLuis Miguel Alves
🇵🇹POR·1773
+7 −10 =5
22 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsVitor Morais
🇵🇹POR·1834
+3 −9 =6
18 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsCarlos Manuel M. Goncalves
🇵🇹POR·1680
+11 −2 =1
14 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAntonio Eduardo Fortunato
🇵🇹POR·1695
+4 −9 =1
14 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsArtur Solovyov Eloy Guia
🇵🇹POR·2106
+3 −5 =4
12 games·last met Aug 2019
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Rankings
/
Portugal
#167
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#25,012
in continent
World
#33,825
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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