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Santos Jr, Catalino
🇺🇸FIDE 2028174· Male· United States of America· Born in 1976
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Catalino Santos Jr, a 50-year-old American player, is rated 1809 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and took a 17-month break between Feb 2024 and Aug 2025. Recent standard appearances include 2025 Summer Tuesday Night Marathon - 2000 and Over Round 4-7, 2025 Summer Tuesday Night Marathon - 2000 and Over Round 1-3, and 27th Annual Sacramento Chess Championship - Master & Expert. Also played 1 blitz event (including GM Sam Shankland Special Blitz) recently.
Current rating
1809
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1775
All-time high
1809
at best
Sep 2025 · age 49
Sep 2025 · age 49
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#73,524
#73,524 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
47th American 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 1809
Jun 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+40 Elo)
1769 → 1809
Sep 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 49
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1809
at age 49
Sep 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 48
Feb 2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1615 → returned at 1771
Feb 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+40
1769 → 1809
Tournaments
3
8 games
Score
4/ 850.0%
3W2D3L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsNaren Ganapathy Viswanath1,637·27th Annual Sacramento Chess Championship - Master & Expert·R5·+12.6
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsNatalia TsodikovaWFM2,155·2025 Summer Tuesday Night Marathon - 2000 and Over Round 1-3·R3·-4.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/3 | #13 | 2001 | +37.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/3 | #22 | 1830 | +4.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1/2 | #21 | 1743 | -2.8 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#2,124
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#8,424
in continent
World
#73,523
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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