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Gimenez Menchon, Cesar
CM🇪🇸FIDE 2292947· Male· Spain· Born in 1992
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Cesar Gimenez Menchon, a 34-year-old Spanish Candidate Master, is rated 2132 and sitting in the top 5% of Spanish players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +71 Elo over the past 12 months. 83 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Liga Gran Canaria Equipos Categoria Preferente Final 2026, 11eme Open International d'Echecs de Noisiel 2026 - Open A (p2000 Elo), and XVIII Memorial Pedro Lezcano Montalvo 2026. Also played 2 blitz events (including V Torneo Blitz Aguas de Teror Chess 2025) recently. He took a 13-month break between Jun 2024 and Aug 2025. His peak of 2249 was reached at age 27 (Jan 2019).
Awarded CM in 2026 (age 34). At junior level, he reached #62, #67, #48 and #43 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2132
Standard
Rpd2023·Blz2028
All-time high
2249
−117 pts below
Jan 2019 · age 27
Jan 2019 · age 27
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
83 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#897 · Spanish players · of 18,813
Career timeline
18 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 34
Feb 2026
CM title awardedCM
at age 34
Jan 2026
2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2061 → returned at 2075
Jun 2024
2019
All-time peak 2249
at age 27 · −117 from today
Jan 2019
2018
Crossed 2200
at age 26
Aug 2018
2017
500 career games
at age 25
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Best comeback
Liga Gran Canaria Equipos Categoria Preferente 2026 Rondas 5-6finished #1 (seeded #15 of 100)
Evolution
+71
2061 → 2132
Tournaments
16
86 games
Score
55/ 8664.0%
49W12D25L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsKonstantinos Kesoglou1,892·48th IKAROS INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURN. 2025 - AEGEAN OPEN A·R4·-14.8
2.[L]vsNimay AgrawalCM1,970·11eme Open International d'Echecs de Noisiel 2026 - Open A (p2000 Elo)·R3·-14.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 3/3 | #30 | 2897 | +27.0 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 0/1 | #15 | 1230 | -12.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #40 | 2056 | -26.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/9 | #8 | 2196 | +22.0 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #19 | 1977 | -5.8 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #5 | 2846 | +8.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2362 | +24.4 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2765 | +11.8 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #38 | 1388 | -7.4 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #19 | 2085 | -0.8 |
Worst Elo result: 11eme Open International d'Echecs de Noisiel 2026 - Open A (p2000 Elo) (-26.4 Elo, finished #40).
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlejandro Uzcategui RodriguezFM
🇻🇪VEN·2319
+0 −6 =1
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJorge Marrero Rodriguez
🇪🇸ESP·2109
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsJavier Nieves Cabanes
🇪🇸ESP·2180
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2016
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vsAlexander Pena RiascoFM
🇨🇴COL·2110
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Sep 2016
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vsJose Luis Rodriguez Melian
🇪🇸ESP·2037
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Spain
#897
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#9,128
in continent
World
#12,645
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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