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Alba Fernandez, Nicolas
🇪🇸FIDE 32011741· Male· Spain· Born in 1998
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Nicolas Alba Fernandez, a 28-year-old Spanish player, is rated 2164 — just 15 short of his peak of 2179 (Aug 2024, age 26) and sitting in the top 4% of Spanish players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato de Andalucia Absoluto-Sub18 2026, VI OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ CIUDAD DE COIN SUB-2400, and Liga Andaluza 2026 Division de Honor Oriental Rondas 5-8. Also played 2 rapid (including CE Individual Absoluto Ajedrez Rapido 2025) and 2 blitz events (including II MARATON BLITZ RINCON LLENO DE VIDA) recently. He took a 63-month break between Sep 2012 and Jan 2018.
At junior level, he reached #90 and #10 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
2164
Standard
Rpd2063·Blz2062
All-time high
2179
−15 pts below
Aug 2024 · age 26
Aug 2024 · age 26
Activity
63
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
61 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#705 · Spanish players · of 18,813
Career timeline
12 entries2024
All-time peak 2179
at age 26 · −15 from today
Aug 2024
Best 12-month gain (+147 Elo)
2028 → 2175
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 25
May 2023
2022
Crossed 2100
at age 24
Oct 2022
Crossed 2000
at age 24
Jan 2022
2021
100 career games
at age 23
Feb 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+26
2138 → 2164
Tournaments
9
52 games
Score
33.5/ 5264.4%
25W17D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #14 | 2171 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/7 | #13 | 2143 | -0.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/7 | #7 | 2213 | +13.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1.5/3 | #24 | 2199 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #26 | 2224 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2244 | +20.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/6 | #43 | 1979 | -23.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1/4 | #225 | 2034 | -11.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #43 | 2178 | +13.2 |
Worst Elo result: IV Open Internacional de Ajedrez Sub 2400 Casabermeja 2025 (-23.4 Elo, finished #43).
Most-Played Opponents
vsJose Antonio Garrido DiazFM
🇪🇸ESP·2302
+3 −6 =2
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAlexander Molina Souponitskaia
🇪🇸ESP·2037
+6 −3 =0
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsRoberto Gomez Salva
🇪🇸ESP·1924
+5 −3 =0
8 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsJulen Ibanez Macias
🇪🇸ESP·2067
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMartin Otero Ramirez
🇪🇸ESP·1950
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Spain
#705
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#7,350
in continent
World
#10,315
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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