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Santiago Fernandez, Joel A.

CM🇵🇷INACTIVE

FIDEFIDE 3102424· Male· Puerto Rico· Born in 2002

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Joel A. Santiago Fernandez, a 24-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1868 — just 1 short of his peak of 1869 (Oct 2024, age 22). He plays around 7 rated games per year and had 4 career breaks: 12 months (2015–2016), 33 months (2017–2020), 55 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2025–2026). He reached #24 nationally in Oct 2020.

Awarded CM in 2012 (age 10). At junior level, he reached #4, #1, #2, #2, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

1868

Standard

Rpd1802·Blz1778

All-time high

1869

−1 pts below
Oct 2024 · age 22

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#56,356

#56,356 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

20 entries
2025
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1868 → returned at 1869
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+150 Elo)
1719 → 1869
Oct 2024
All-time peak 1869
at age 22 · −1 from today
Oct 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 22
Mar 2024
2021
4th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1719
Dec 2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Bryan Jay Valentin Baez 1,575
2nd PRCA IRT Chess Classic · May 2026 · +3.1 Elo
Evolution
0
1868 → 1868
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3.5/ 570.0%
3W1D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsDiego Vasquez Pagan1,860·2nd PRCA IRT Chess Classic·R4·-10.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2nd PRCA IRT Chess Classic
Swiss
May 20263.5/4#32006-9.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsEliam Gerena RivasFM
🇵🇷PUR·2150
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Feb 2017
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vsIsmael R. Soto Gonzalez
🇵🇷PUR·1841
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Oct 2024
View head-to-head →
vsKeyshla M. Vega JimenezWCM
🇵🇷PUR·1775
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Aug 2017
View head-to-head →
vsJomar Capeles MendozaCM
🇵🇷PUR·1911
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met May 2015
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Puerto Rico
#38
out of 224 players
Americas
#6,157
in continent
World
#55,294
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Puerto Rico
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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2,119
8
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9
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10
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Americas
1
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1
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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7
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9
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10
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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9
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