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Garcia Alvarez, Miguel Angel
🇪🇸FIDE 24593893· Male· Spain· Born in 1987
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Miguel Angel Garcia Alvarez, a 39-year-old Spanish player, is rated 1619 — just 22 short of his peak of 1641 (Mar 2024, age 37). He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and took a 68-month break between Aug 2019 and May 2025 (COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: V Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Lanzarote 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including I Torneo Activo Lanzaloe OneChess 2025 (Cto de Canarias Circuito Activo)) and 2 blitz events (including IV Blitz de Ajedrez RADIO MARCA LANZAROTE 2025) recently.
Current rating
1619
Standard
Rpd1651·Blz1700
All-time high
1641
−22 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 37
Mar 2024 · age 37
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#139,719
#139,719 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2024
Crossed 1600
at age 37
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 37
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1641
at age 37 · −22 from today
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 68 months
paused at 1401 → returned at 1638
Aug 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 32
Aug 2019
2016
Crossed 1400
at age 29
Aug 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-19
1638 → 1619
Tournaments
2
7 games
Score
2.5/ 735.7%
2W1D4L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 0.5/1 | #7 | 1572 | -1.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/6 | #45 | 1598 | -18.0 |
Rankings
/
Spain
#13,359
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#94,408
in continent
World
#139,710
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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