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Lopes, Ruben Cesar Gomes
🇨🇻FIDE 23600462· Male· Cape Verde· Born in 2007
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Ruben Cesar Gomes Lopes, a 19-year-old player, is rated 1634. He has held steady between 1600 and 1650 for 9 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearance: 2025 African Junior Chess Championship - Open. He had 2 career breaks: 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1667 was reached at age 18 (May 2025); he also reached #22 nationally in Jan 2025.
At junior level, he reached #2, #1, #3, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1634
Standard
Rpd1574·Blz1588
All-time high
1667
−33 pts below
May 2025 · age 18
May 2025 · age 18
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#134,193
#134,193 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
2nd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1634
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
1st U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1667
May 2025
All-time peak 1667
at age 18 · −33 from today
May 2025
Peak national rank: #22
at age 18 · rated 1625
Jan 2025
Best 12-month gain (+375 Elo)
1250 → 1625
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-18
1652 → 1634
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
2/ 825.0%
2W0D6L
Top 1 win
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/6 | #16 | 1769 | -18.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDavid Spinola
🇨🇻CPV·1564
+4 −4 =0
8 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsBryan Jorge Silva
🇨🇻CPV·1848
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met May 2025
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vsLuis Emanuel D. Santos Delgado
🇨🇻CPV·1613
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsEmanuel Cristino Gomes
🇨🇻CPV·1747
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsDivania Spinola
🇨🇻CPV·1520
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2022
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Rankings
/
Cape Verde
#28
out of 60 players
Africa
#5,440
in continent
World
#134,185
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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