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Larino Nieto, David
GM🇪🇸FIDE 2256444· Male· Spain· Born in 1989
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David Larino Nieto, a 37-year-old Spanish Grandmaster, is rated 2372 and sitting in the top 1% of Spanish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 97 Elo over the past 12 months. 119 rated games in the past year (≈91/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include I CHESS OPEN SANTIAGO 2026 - CLUB DE AJEDREZ DE CHILE, Brazil Chess Series - Floripa 2026, and ITT III Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Temuco 2026. Also played 14 rapid (including CE Individual Absoluto Ajedrez Rapido 2025) and 14 blitz events (including CE Individual Absoluto Ajedrez Relampago 2025) recently. His peak of 2521 was reached at age 24 (May 2013, Spanish #22 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2013 (age 24), IM in 2006 (age 17), and FM in 2004 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #38 in U20, World #32 in U18, World #50 in U16 and World #62 in U14.
Current rating
2372
Standard
Rpd2517·Blz2427
All-time high
2521
−149 pts below
May 2013 · age 24
May 2013 · age 24
Activity
106
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
119 past 12 mo · ≈10/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#96 · Spanish players · of 18,793
Career timeline
19 entries2024
Re-crossed 2400
at age 35
Aug 2024
2013
Peak Spanish rank: #22
at age 24 · rated 2521
May 2013
All-time peak 2521
at age 24 · −149 from today
May 2013
Crossed 2500
at age 24
Mar 2013
1,000 career games
at age 24
Mar 2013
GM title awardedGM
at age 24 · 1st quarter Presidential Board 2013
Jan 2013
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-100
2472 → 2372
Tournaments
14
114 games
Score
78/ 11468.4%
68W20D26L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsPablo Salinas HerreraGM2,473·ITT III Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Temuco 2026·R4·+6.1
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsFelix Alvarez Lee2,010·IV Festival de Navidad Open Internacional Ajedrez Diagonal Alcorcon·R2·-9.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/9 | #12 | 1995 | -22.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/10 | #122 | 2180 | -23.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/9 | #11 | 2306 | -5.7 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/7 | #19 | 2176 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/7 | #6 | 2487 | +9.1 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAleksa StrikovicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2396
+5 −10 =39
54 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsDiego Adrian Espineira GonzalezIM
🇪🇸ESP·2293
+16 −4 =11
31 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsArian Gonzalez PerezGM
🇪🇸ESP·2391
+9 −5 =13
27 games·last met Dec 2029
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vsRafael Rodriguez LopezIM
🇪🇸ESP·2144
+14 −4 =6
24 games·last met Sep 2021
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vsLuis Marcos Medarde SantiagoIM
🇪🇸ESP·2396
+15 −4 =4
23 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
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Spain
#96
out of 20,270 players
Europe
#1,395
in continent
World
#2,196
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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