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Ortiz Sanchez, Luis
🇬🇧FIDE 24581160· Male· Wales· Born in 1979
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Luis Ortiz Sanchez, a 47-year-old player, is rated 1977. He is progressing steadily with +69 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025-26 4NCL Division 3 Knights Rounds 7-8, 99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Masters, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 3 Knights Rounds 1-2. Also played 3 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 3 (Golders Green) Qualifier) recently. His peak of 2015 was reached at age 47 (Feb 2026, #19 nationally at the time).
Competes for Wales since Jan 2023.
Current rating
1977
Standard
Rpd1863·Blz1873
All-time high
2015
−38 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 47
Feb 2026 · age 47
Activity
36
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#31,310
#31,310 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
2nd 45-50 player nationally
at age 47 · rated 2015
Mar 2026
Peak national rank: #19
at age 47 · rated 2015
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2015
at age 47 · −38 from today
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 46
Nov 2025
2024
4th 40-45 player nationally
at age 45 · rated 1983
Jun 2024
6-month rising streak
+120 Elo
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+69
1908 → 1977
Tournaments
6
27 games
Score
15/ 2755.6%
10W10D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0.5/3 | #59 | 1719 | -19.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #62 | 1668 | -18.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/7 | #74 | 2053 | +7.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #6 | 2694 | +14.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/4 | #27 | 2025 | +12.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #6 | 2215 | +71.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIlya Iyengar
🇬🇧ENG·1976
+3 −6 =2
11 games·last met Jan 2022
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vsNasir Rizvi
🇬🇧WLS·1980
+3 −6 =1
10 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsJonathan Rubeck
🇬🇧ENG·1895
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsVincent Sagues
🇫🇷FRA·1952
+2 −2 =4
8 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsFederico RoccoCM
🇬🇧ENG·2175
+0 −6 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2019
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Rankings
/
Wales
#31
out of 275 players
Europe
#23,155
in continent
World
#31,309
out of 400,000+
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