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Nogueira, Rafael Calade
🇵🇹FIDE 1966758· Male· Portugal· Born in 2008
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Rafael Calade Nogueira, a 18-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 1780 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +125 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 7-8, CN Jovens 2025-26 - U18, and CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 5-6. Also played 4 rapid (including CN Semirrapidas Equipas 2025-26) and 3 blitz events (including Blitz Chess Open Peixoto Rodrigues 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #22, #21 and #13 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1780
Standard
Rpd1807·Blz1779
All-time high
1780
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#82,627
#82,627 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
22nd Portuguese U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1780
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1780
at age 18
Jun 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 17
May 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+284 Elo)
1359 → 1643
Aug 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 16
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+126
1654 → 1780
Tournaments
9
35 games
Score
17.5/ 3550.0%
15W5D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2594 | +22.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #61 | 2714 | +29.6 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #22 | 1963 | -26.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #136 | 949 | -19.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #73 | 1151 | -10.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #144 | 1275 | -5.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #30 | 1970 | +14.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #44 | 1839 | +67.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/8 | #45 | 1796 | +28.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEduardo Jose Ferreira
🇵🇹POR·2071
+2 −10 =0
12 games·last met May 2026
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vsMarta Dias AlmeidaWCM
🇵🇹POR·1903
+2 −8 =0
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsFilipa Camacho
🇵🇹POR·1726
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsBruna Silva Tarelho
🇵🇹POR·1757
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsGustavo RibeiroFM
🇵🇹POR·2199
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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Rankings
/
Portugal
#456
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#59,534
in continent
World
#82,625
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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