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Illescas Cordoba, Miguel

Illescas Cordoba, Miguel

GM🇪🇸

FIDEFIDE 2200015· Male· Spain· Born in 1965

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Miguel Illescas Cordoba, a 61-year-old Spanish Grandmaster, is rated 2587 and ranked 9th among Spanish players, and 196th worldwide. He has held steady between 2575 and 2600 for 19 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent appearances: V Open Chess Menorca 2026 and CECLUB DIVISION DE HONOR 2025. He had 2 career breaks: 39 months (2015–2018) and 17 months (2023–2024). His peak of 2633 was reached at age 40 (Jan 2005, World #67 at the time); he spent 22 months in Spanish top 3.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 36).

Current rating

2587

Standard

Rpd2612·Blz2570

All-time high

2633

−46 pts below
Jan 2005 · age 40

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#9

#9 · Spanish players · of 18,793
22 months in National top 3 (2001–2010)

Career timeline

20 entries
2026
1st 60-65 player worldwide
at age 61 · rated 2597
Jan 2026
2023
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2600 → returned at 2594
May 2023
1st 55-60 player worldwide
at age 58 · rated 2611
Feb 2023
2018
5th 50-55 player worldwide
at age 53 · rated 2605
Sep 2018
2015
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 2602 → returned at 2605
Jan 2015
2011
4th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 46 · rated 2609
Nov 2011

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Daniil YuffaGM 2,647
CECLUB DIVISION DE HONOR 2025 · Aug 2025 · +0.7 Elo
Evolution
-7
2594 → 2587
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
7/ 1163.6%
4W6D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsKhumoyun BegmuratovIM2,489·V Open Chess Menorca 2026·R6·-6.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
V Open Chess Menorca 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20264.5/7#1692467-9.8
CECLUB DIVISION DE HONOR 2025
Round-Robin
Aug 20252.5/4#362648+3.0

Rankings

/
Spain
#9
out of 20,270 players
Europe
#105
in continent
World
#196
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Spain
1
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2
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2
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2,644
4
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2,615
5
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2,604
6
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2,597
7
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2,591
8
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2,589
92,587
10
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2,586
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
105🇪🇸Illescas Cordoba, Miguel2,587
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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196🇪🇸Illescas Cordoba, Miguel2,587