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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 2144 and sitting in the top 4% of Spanish players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +83 Elo over the past 12 months. 82 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 11eme Open International d'Echecs de Noisiel 2026 - Open A (p2000 Elo), XVIII Memorial Pedro Lezcano Montalvo 2026, and Liga Gran Canaria Equipos Categoria Preferente 2026 Final. Also played 3 blitz events (including XXII Torneo Corpus de Ajedrez 2025 - Campeonato de Canarias Blitz) 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
2144
Standard
Rpd2023·Blz2028
All-time high
2249
−105 pts below
Jan 2019 · age 27
Jan 2019 · age 27
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
82 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#814 · Spanish players · of 18,793
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 · −105 from today
Jan 2019
2018
Crossed 2200
at age 26
Aug 2018
2017
500 career games
at age 25
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Best comeback
Liga Gran Canaria Equipos Categoria Preferente 2026 Rondas 5-6finished #1 (seeded #15 of 100)
Evolution
+83
2061 → 2144
Tournaments
14
82 games
Score
52/ 8263.4%
46W12D24L
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
top 10 of 14| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Worst Elo result: 11eme Open International d'Echecs de Noisiel 2026 - Open A (p2000 Elo) (-26.4 Elo, finished #40).
Rankings
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Spain
#814
out of 20,270 players
Europe
#8,376
in continent
World
#11,681
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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