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Ferraz, Michel Liah
🇧🇷FIDE 22743219· Male· Brazil· Born in 2002
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Michel Liah Ferraz, a 24-year-old Brazilian player, is rated 2045 — just 25 short of his peak of 2070 (Dec 2025, age 23) and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +38 Elo over the past 12 months. 58 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Goiano Absoluto STD 2026 1a Etapa, 91o Campeonato Brasileiro Absoluto 2025, and Final do Campeonato Goiano Absoluto STD 2025. Also played 2 blitz events (including Goiania Chess Open Arena 2025 BLZ) recently.
At junior level, he reached #11, #13 and #57 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2045
Standard
Rpd1985·Blz1984
All-time high
2070
−25 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 23
Dec 2025 · age 23
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
53 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,359 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
66th Brazilian 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 2070
Dec 2025
All-time peak 2070
at age 23 · −25 from today
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 23
Nov 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 23
Jun 2025
2022
11th Brazilian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1940
Apr 2022
2021
100 career games
at age 19
Apr 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+38
2007 → 2045
Tournaments
9
58 games
Score
40.5/ 5869.8%
33W15D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 3/3 | #5 | 2707 | -0.6 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/6 | #3 | 2134 | +18.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/11 | #47 | 1893 | -43.0 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2204 | +26.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/6 | #7 | 2055 | -6.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/6 | #1 | 2714 | +48.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #7 | 2055 | +13.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/7 | #29 | 1838 | -26.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/6 | #5 | 2022 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAbel Cardoso Dos Santos
🇧🇷BRA·1930
+5 −2 =3
10 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsYago Labussiere
🇧🇷BRA·2217
+0 −8 =2
10 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsVictor LabussiereFM
🇧🇷BRA·2306
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsLuciano Da Silva Santos
🇧🇷BRA·1934
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsGabriel Gonzaga Garcia
🇧🇷BRA·2149
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Brazil
#238
out of 6,523 players
Americas
#2,240
in continent
World
#21,359
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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