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Guimaraes, Marcelo Cunha
🇧🇷FIDE 2118068· Male· Brazil· Born in 1968
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Marcelo Cunha Guimaraes, a 58-year-old Brazilian player, is rated 2023. He has slipped back 41 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Imperatrizense De Xadrez Absoluto 2025, II Aberto do Brasil Princesa do Tocantins Imperatriz MA STD 2025, and VIII Maraba Chess Open STD 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including Campeonato Maranhense De Xadrez Rapido 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Maraba Chess Open BLZ 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 25 months (2012–2014), 16 months (2018–2020) and 15 months (2022–2023). His peak of 2233 was reached at age 47 (May 2015); he also reached Brazilian #70 in Oct 2016.
Current rating
2023
Standard
Rpd2138·Blz2075
All-time high
2233
−210 pts below
May 2015 · age 47
May 2015 · age 47
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#24,133
#24,133 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
16 entries2024
6th Brazilian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2111
Feb 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 55
Jun 2023
2022
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2132 → returned at 2126
Feb 2022
2019
6th Brazilian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2171
Jul 2019
2018
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2171 → returned at 2140
Aug 2018
2016
Peak Brazilian rank: #70
at age 48 · rated 2219
Oct 2016
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Best result
II Aberto do Brasil Princesa do Tocantins Imperatriz MA STD 2025perf 2303 (+280) · 4.5/5 · #7
Top opponent
Evolution
-41
2064 → 2023
Tournaments
5
34 games
Score
21/ 3461.8%
15W12D7L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsJuliana Figueira Theophilo SilvaWFM1,919·XVIII American Continental Chess Championship 2025·R9·+7.3
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsFiorella Allegra Mayeregger GonzalezWCM1,867·XVIII American Continental Chess Championship 2025·R4·-14.0
3.[L]vsAlvaro Matias Donoso Simonetti1,935·XVIII American Continental Chess Championship 2025·R10·-12.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/4 | #2 | 2269 | +0.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/5 | #7 | 2303 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/6 | #11 | 2044 | -21.2 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/5 | #3 | 2011 | -1.2 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 5.5/11 | #90 | 1987 | -26.8 |
Rankings
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Brazil
#269
out of 6,387 players
Americas
#2,502
in continent
World
#24,133
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Brazil
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Americas
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World
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