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CJ
Cruz, Joao (2011)
🇵🇹FIDE 1981315· Male· Portugal· Born in 2011
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Joao (2011) Cruz, a 15-year-old Portuguese player, is rated 1663 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +130 Elo over the past 12 months. 60 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include I Copa Atlantica A Coruna, CN Jovens 2025-26 - U16, and CD Equipas Porto 2025-26 r. 5-6. Also played 12 rapid (including CN Semirrapidas Equipas 2025-26) and 20 blitz events (including Leca Chess Blitz 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #34 and #25 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1663
Standard
Rpd1743·Blz1711
All-time high
1663
at best
Jun 2026 · age 15
Jun 2026 · age 15
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
60 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#123,324
#123,324 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
34th Portuguese U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1663
Jun 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1663
at age 15
Jun 2026
100 career games
at age 15
Jun 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 14
Sep 2025
2024
25th Portuguese U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1596
May 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+137
1526 → 1663
Tournaments
15
65 games
Score
27.5/ 6542.3%
22W13D30L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2/2 | #3 | 2447 | +52.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/6 | #96 | 1952 | +76.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #44 | 1842 | -6.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #53 | 899 | -12.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/3 | #6 | 1893 | +16.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #10 | 2348 | +22.0 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | R256 | 1108 | -4.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDinis Fonseca Neto
🇵🇹POR·1962
+1 −7 =2
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsTomas Pereira Costa
🇵🇹POR·1890
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsBernardo Beijoco
🇵🇹POR·1898
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsGabriel F M B Silva
🇵🇹POR·1846
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDiogo Borges
🇵🇹POR·1854
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Portugal
#696
out of 1,733 players
Europe
#85,163
in continent
World
#123,318
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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