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Cuellar Montes, Alejandro
CM🇪🇸FIDE 32096836· Male· Spain· Born in 2004
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Alejandro Cuellar Montes, a 22-year-old Spanish Candidate Master, is rated 2205 — just 11 short of his peak of 2216 (Dec 2021, age 17) and sitting in the top 3% of Spanish players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +32 Elo over the past 12 months. 43 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Liga Andaluza 2026 Fase Final Division Honor, Liga Andaluza 2026 Primera D Rondas 5-8, and Liga Andaluza 2026 Division de Honor Occidental Rondas 5-8.
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 20). At junior level, he reached #26, #16, #14, #5, #5 and #26 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2205
Standard
Rpd2019·Blz2135
All-time high
2216
−11 pts below
Dec 2021 · age 17
Dec 2021 · age 17
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
43 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#500 · Spanish players · of 18,813
Career timeline
24 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 22
Apr 2026
2025
500 career games
at age 21
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 21
Mar 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 21
Jan 2025
2024
26th Spanish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2190
Sep 2024
CM title awardedCM
at age 20
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+32
2173 → 2205
Tournaments
8
34 games
Score
25.5/ 3475.0%
22W7D5L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsJuan David Alape Gonzalez2,094·Liga Andaluza 2026 Division de Honor Occidental Rondas 5-8·R5·+6.9
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsJose Ramon Ortega ValleCM2,057·VI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Sub 2200 FIDE Costa de la Luz·R6·-13.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knockout | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | R32 | 2075 | -5.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #48 | 2692 | +3.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/3 | #8 | 2843 | +18.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/3 | #5 | 2386 | +14.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/6 | #1 | 2252 | +11.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/7 | #3 | 2206 | +10.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/3 | #132 | 2322 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #52 | 2085 | -12.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPablo Diaz MinoFM
🇪🇸ESP·2317
+0 −1 =5
6 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsFrancisco Javier Santos IzquierdoFM
🇪🇸ESP·2092
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAndres Merario AlarconIM
🇪🇸ESP·2416
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsPedro Ernesto Perez Grinan
🇪🇸ESP·2056
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsAlex Garrido OutonIM
🇪🇸ESP·2412
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings
/
Spain
#500
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#5,522
in continent
World
#7,911
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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