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Casares, Nick
🇺🇸FIDE 30901995· Male· United States of America· Born in 1950
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Nick Casares, a 76-year-old American player. He has slipped back 119 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon - 1600-1999 Round 5-7, 2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon - 1600-1999 Round 1-4, and 2026 New Years Tuesday Night Marathon - 1600-1999 Round 4-7. Also played 2 rapid (including 2nd Spy's Mate Rapid - Under 1800) and 2 blitz events (including Mechanic's End of 2025 Celebration Blitz - U1800) recently. His peak of 1829 was reached at age 64 (Jun 2014).
Current rating
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unranked
Rpd1631·Blz1511
All-time high
1829
−1829 pts below
Jun 2014 · age 64
Jun 2014 · age 64
Activity
36
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
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Career timeline
13 entries2026
64th American 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1400
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+263 Elo)
1296 → 1559
Oct 2024
2022
47th American 70-75 player
at age 72 · rated 1429
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1454 → returned at 1434
Apr 2020
2017
Re-crossed 1600
at age 67
Jun 2017
100 career games
at age 67
Mar 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
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Tournaments
12
37 games
Score
2/ 375.4%
3W1D33L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsDominic A Vasquez1,654·3rd Silman Memorial Tuesday Night Marathon - 1600-1999 Round 4-7·R2·+16.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 0/2 | #32 | 977 | -6.6 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #27 | 842 | -9.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/4 | #37 | 829 | -19.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0/3 | #31 | 855 | -13.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/3 | #22 | 1569 | +8.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/3 | #19 | 1605 | +10.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #23 | 1207 | -1.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/2 | #26 | 935 | -5.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0/2 | #18 | 890 | -8.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0/3 | #26 | 975 | -8.8 |
Worst Elo result: 2026 Spring Tuesday Night Marathon - 1600-1999 Round 1-4 (-19.6 Elo, finished #37).
Most-Played Opponents
vsSamuel Agdamag
🇺🇸USA·1530
+3 −8 =0
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJohn Chan
🇺🇸USA·1553
+0 −8 =1
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsDavid Olson
🇺🇸USA·1450
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsDaniel J Sisti
🇺🇸USA·1587
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsHoa Long Tam
🇺🇸USA·1758
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
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United States of America
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out of 5,510 players
Americas
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in continent
World
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out of 400,000+
National ranking
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