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Garcia, Miguel
🇺🇸FIDE 2067684· Male· United States of America· Born in 1996
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Miguel Garcia, a 30-year-old American player, is rated 1889 — just 9 short of his peak of 1898 (Oct 2024, age 28). He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 21 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 April-May Marshall Weekly Wednesdays U2200 Round 1-2, The Atlantic City Open - U2200, and 2026 March-April Marshall Weekly Wednesdays U2200 Round 5-6. Also played 7 rapid (including 2025 Marshall Chess Club Rapid Championship) and 3 blitz events (including 2025 Marshall Chess Club Blitz Championship) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2016–2018) and 12 months (2022–2023).
At junior level, he reached #71 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1889
Standard
Rpd1893·Blz1900
All-time high
1898
−9 pts below
Oct 2024 · age 28
Oct 2024 · age 28
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#50,821
#50,821 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+80 Elo)
1818 → 1898
Dec 2024
All-time peak 1898
at age 28 · −9 from today
Oct 2024
2022
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1840 → returned at 1840
Feb 2022
2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 24
Feb 2020
2016
71st American U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1848
Nov 2016
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Aug 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-9
1898 → 1889
Tournaments
10
23 games
Score
11.5/ 2350.0%
8W7D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #29 | 2475 | +5.0 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #18 | 2456 | +4.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1.5/3 | #67 | 1856 | -0.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 2776 | +13.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #14 | 2539 | +13.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1.5/3 | #184 | 2007 | -9.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/3 | #44 | 1807 | -5.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1.5/2 | #6 | 1926 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0.5/3 | #53 | 1647 | -17.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0.5/2 | #30 | 1579 | -16.4 |
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United States of America
#1,402
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#5,606
in continent
World
#50,820
out of 400,000+
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