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Bueno, Alfeu Junior Varela

FM🇧🇷

FIDEFIDE 2108879· Male· Brazil· Born in 1987

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Alfeu Junior Varela Bueno, a 39-year-old Brazilian FIDE Master, is rated 2207 and sitting in the top 2% of Brazilian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +65 Elo over the past 12 months. 82 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Curitiba Chess Open 2026 STD Torneio Internacional Cidade de Curitiba, III Sampa Chess Open 2026 STD, and Brazil Chess Series - Floripa 2026. Also played 11 rapid (including 9o Torneio Internacional de Xadrez SESC Caioba Rapido) and 5 blitz events (including 9o Torneio Internacional de Xadrez SESC Caioba BLZ) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2015–2017) and 34 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2349 was reached at age 23 (Mar 2010); he also reached Brazilian #24 in Mar 2011.

Awarded FM in 2010 (age 23). Earned a IM norm at III-ITT Memorial Carlos Gamarra 2010. At junior level, he reached #9 and #6 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2207

Standard

Rpd2227·Blz2235

All-time high

2349

142 pts below
Mar 2010 · age 23

Activity

67

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

82 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#62 · Brazilian players · of 3,099

Career timeline

22 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 39
May 2026
2024
500 career games
at age 37
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 37
Aug 2024
2020
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2145 → returned at 2135
Mar 2020
2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 30
Dec 2017
2015
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2205 → returned at 2193
Mar 2015

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
Memorial Pedro Rogerio Garcia Aberto do Brasil STD
perf 2266 (+118) · 5.5/6 · #1
Top opponent
vs Jose Daniel GemyIM 2,346

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Apr 20265.5/7#82212+13.4
Open Swiss
Jan 20262/3#1452112-4.0
Open Swiss
Jan 20267/10#482234+21.4
Open Swiss
Dec 20256/10#462159+3.2
Round-Robin
Nov 20254.5/6#22267+20.8
Open Swiss
Oct 20255.5/8#352258+7.4
Open Swiss
Sep 20255/6#62072-2.4
Open Swiss
Aug 20255.5/6#12266+19.8
Open Swiss
Jun 20256/8#552212+0.8

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Brazil
#62
out of 6,387 players
Americas
#832
in continent
World
#7,770
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Brazil
1
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2,588
2
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2,581
3
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2,578
4
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2,549
5
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2,544
6
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2,499
7
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2,491
8
🇧🇷Santiago, Yago De MouraFollow Yago De Moura SantiagoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,479
9
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2,465
10
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2,410
...
62🇧🇷Bueno, Alfeu Junior Varela2,207
Americas
1
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2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
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2,754
4
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2,732
5
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2,728
6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
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2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
832🇧🇷Bueno, Alfeu Junior Varela2,207
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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7770🇧🇷Bueno, Alfeu Junior Varela2,207