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Paiva, Manuel Maria Fonseca
🇵🇹FIDE 1967070· Male· Portugal· Born in 2002
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Manuel Maria Fonseca Paiva, a 24-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 1958. He has fluctuated between 1835 and 2031 over the past 2 years. 49 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include I Copa Atlantica A Coruna, CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 7-8, and Championnat International d'Echecs de Lyon Henri Rinck 2026. Also played 7 rapid (including CN Semirrapidas Equipas 2025-26) and 7 blitz events (including Douro Blitz Cruise 2025 - gr. B) recently. His peak of 2031 was reached at age 23 (Sep 2025, Portuguese #100 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #32 and #54 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1958
Standard
Rpd1946·Blz1895
All-time high
2031
−73 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 23
Sep 2025 · age 23
Activity
48
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#35,052
#35,052 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
Peak Portuguese rank: #100
at age 23 · rated 2031
Sep 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 23
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2031
at age 23 · −73 from today
Sep 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 22
Mar 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 21
Sep 2023
6-month rising streak
+66 Elo
Jun 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-31
1989 → 1958
Tournaments
14
43 games
Score
22.5/ 4352.3%
18W9D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsAayiu Atindrya Shetty1,755·Championnat International d'Echecs de Lyon Henri Rinck 2026·R7·-15.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0.5/1 | #61 | 1814 | -3.8 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 0.5/2 | #26 | 1870 | -4.4 |
Knockout | May 2026 | 1/1 | QF | 2767 | +10.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #64 | 2851 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #92 | 1869 | -19.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #15 | 2769 | +21.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/6 | #139 | 1692 | -48.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #49 | 2211 | +5.4 |
Knockout | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | R64 | 1882 | -3.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #70 | 1282 | -8.0 |
Worst Elo result: 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A (-48.2 Elo, finished #139).
Most-Played Opponents
vsPaulo Alexandre G Monteiro
🇵🇹POR·2224
+3 −13 =3
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsSimao Pintor
🇵🇹POR·2106
+1 −8 =2
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMiguel Feio Guimaraes Rocha
🇵🇹POR·1985
+2 −2 =4
8 games·last met May 2025
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vsOrlando Ribeiro
🇵🇹POR·2011
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsJoao Goncalo B A Marques
🇵🇹POR·1755
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met May 2023
View head-to-head →
Rankings
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Portugal
#172
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#25,904
in continent
World
#35,051
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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