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Talavera Garcia, Santiago
🇪🇸FIDE 22201807· Male· Spain· Born in 1995
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Santiago Talavera Garcia, a 31-year-old Spanish player, is rated 2081 — his current career high and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +34 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A, CAMPEONATO PROVINCIAL POR EQUIPOS CIUDAD REAL 2025-2026 PRIMERA, and II Open de Ajedrez Ciudad de Tomelloso Sub2400. Also played 1 rapid (including CTM Rapido A 2026) and 1 blitz events (including CTM Blitz A 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2018–2019) and 34 months (2021–2024).
At junior level, he reached #64, #58, #40, #49 and #26 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2081
Standard
Rpd2072·Blz2041
All-time high
2081
at best
May 2026 · age 31
May 2026 · age 31
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
51 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#17,247 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
All-time peak 2081
at age 31
May 2026
2021
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2018 → returned at 2003
Jul 2021
2018
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2042 → returned at 2036
Jul 2018
2015
64th Spanish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2023
Jan 2015
2013
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Sep 2013
2012
58th Spanish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2023
Mar 2012
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+34
2047 → 2081
Tournaments
7
51 games
Score
32.5/ 5163.7%
29W7D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #196 | 2111 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/4 | #3 | 2566 | +17.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/6 | #45 | 1994 | -8.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 2087 | +19.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/7 | #7 | 2120 | +21.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/7 | #51 | 1914 | -24.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #93 | 2046 | +2.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEmilio Jose Villasenor Rubio
🇪🇸ESP·2210
+1 −4 =6
11 games·last met Apr 2012
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vsPablo Ontanon Gomez
🇪🇸ESP·2076
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met May 2011
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vsCarlos Garcia MorenoFM
🇪🇸ESP·2293
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsJorge Moreno Brocalero
🇪🇸ESP·1992
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsEduardo Lopez Quevedo
🇪🇸ESP·2198
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
/
Spain
#1,288
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#12,570
in continent
World
#17,247
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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