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Santana, Expedito
🇧🇷FIDE 2103834· Male· Brazil· Born in 1951
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Expedito Santana, a 75-year-old Brazilian player, is rated 1524. He has slipped back 58 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Curitiba Chess Open 2026 STD Torneio Internacional Cidade de Curitiba, I Festival de Xadrez da Hebraica Classico 2026, and Brasilia Chess Open STD 2026. Also played 11 rapid (including Campeonato Paulista RPD 2025) and 2 blitz events (including III Sampa Chess Open 2026 BLZ) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 13 months (2008–2009), 29 months (2011–2014), 14 months (2014–2016) and 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1810 was reached at age 56 (Oct 2007).
Current rating
1524
Standard
Rpd1561·Blz1501
All-time high
1810
−286 pts below
Oct 2007 · age 56
Oct 2007 · age 56
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#176,408
#176,408 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 73
Dec 2024
Best 12-month gain (+232 Elo)
1404 → 1636
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 73
Mar 2024
2022
11th Brazilian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1487
Mar 2022
2020
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 1487 → returned at 1462
Apr 2020
2018
100 career games
at age 67
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-35
1559 → 1524
Tournaments
10
63 games
Score
20/ 6331.7%
15W16D32L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsRicardo de Biasi Ribeiro1,531·9o Torneio Internacional de Xadrez SESC Caioba Amador Sub 1800·R7·-10.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/5 | #217 | 1835 | -6.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/4 | #52 | 1531 | -12.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #103 | 2663 | -5.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/5 | #23 | 1881 | +35.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/5 | #153 | 1442 | -12.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/1 | #69 | 2461 | -6.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/4 | #17 | 1615 | -12.8 |
Rankings
/
Brazil
#2,777
out of 6,523 players
Americas
#21,528
in continent
World
#176,369
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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