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Valera Espejo, Javier
🇪🇸FIDE 24538817· Male· Spain· Born in 2007
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Javier Valera Espejo, a 19-year-old Spanish player, is rated 1950. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 6 months. 59 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Regional Individual Absoluto y Femenino 2026, FE 6 Parma citta' della cultura - B, and XIV Open Internacional Lorca A Sub-2400. Also played 3 rapid (including CE Individual Absoluto Ajedrez Rapido 2025) and 2 blitz events (including CE Individual Absoluto Ajedrez Relampago 2025) recently. His peak of 1985 was reached at age 19 (Feb 2026).
At junior level, he reached #74 and #8 nationally in U10 and U8.
Current rating
1950
Standard
Rpd1869·Blz1700
All-time high
1985
−35 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 19
Feb 2026 · age 19
Activity
54
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#36,656
#36,656 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1985
at age 19 · −35 from today
Feb 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Feb 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+525 Elo)
1342 → 1867
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Mar 2024
6-month rising streak
+464 Elo
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionadosperf 2093 (+113) · 5.5/7 · #123
Top opponent
Best comeback
CAMPEONATO REGIONAL POR EQUIPOS MURCIA 2025 1 DIVISION Rondas 1-3finished #1 (seeded #25 of 70)
Evolution
+12
1938 → 1950
Tournaments
10
53 games
Score
33.5/ 5363.2%
31W5D17L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSergio Molina Molina1,982·CAMPEONATO REGIONAL POR EQUIPOS MURCIA 2025 1 DIVISION Rondas 4-6·R6·+22.6
2.[W]vsArturo Martin McMullin1,842·CAMPEONATO REGIONAL POR EQUIPOS MURCIA 2025 1 DIVISION Rondas 1-3·R2·+17.0
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsJose Maria Picazo Palacios1,797·II Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Cartagena Sub 2000·R6·-27.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/8 | #24 | 1798 | -34.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/6 | #4 | 2080 | +12.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/4 | #64 | 1875 | -7.6 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #7 | 2556 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/7 | #123 | 2093 | +30.8 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 3/3 | #2 | 2566 | +42.4 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 2.5/3 | #1 | 2069 | +34.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/4 | #4 | 2613 | +38.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #113 | 1690 | -106.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/5 | #24 | 1885 | -10.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJose Carlos Rico Carretero
🇪🇸ESP·2145
+2 −6 =0
8 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsJavier Valera Aznar
🇪🇸ESP·1578
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsJoan Sanmartin Hernandez
🇪🇸ESP·1802
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsPablo 2009 Martinez Soriano
🇪🇸ESP·2135
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Jun 2018
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vsHugo Garijo Perez
🇪🇸ESP·2142
+1 −3 =3
7 games·last met Mar 2018
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Rankings
/
Spain
#3,161
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#27,076
in continent
World
#36,655
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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