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De Souza Sa, Apolo

FIDEFIDE 324225390· Male· FIDE (no federation)· Born in 2000

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Apolo De Souza Sa, a 26-year-old player, is rated 2035 — just 17 short of his peak of 2052 (Dec 2025, age 25). He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 6 months. 35 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Goiano Absoluto STD 2026 1a Etapa, Campeonato Goiano Amador STD 2025, and Final do Campeonato Goiano Absoluto STD 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Campeonato Goiano de Xadrez RPD 2025 Etapa Final) and 2 blitz events (including Torneio de Blitz do Goiano Absoluto 4a Etapa 2025) recently. He took a 28-month break between Mar 2020 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included).

At junior level, he reached #8 and #8 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2035

Standard

Rpd2013·Blz1936

All-time high

2052

−17 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 25

Activity

25

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#22,585

#22,585 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2025
All-time peak 2052
at age 25 · −17 from today
Dec 2025
2024
43rd 20-35 player nationally
at age 24 · rated 2047
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 24
Sep 2024
2020
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1920 → returned at 1929
Mar 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2000
at age 19
Oct 2019
8th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 2036
Apr 2019

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
Goiania Chess Open 2025
perf 2823 (+771) · 5.5/5 · #13
Top opponent
vs Luigy Lira De SiqueiraFM 2,366
Goiania Chess Open 2025 · Oct 2025 · +7.2 Elo
Evolution
+7
2028 → 2035
Tournaments
5
28 games
Score
18.5/ 2866.1%
14W9D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Campeonato Goiano Absoluto STD 2026 1a Etapa
Swiss
Apr 20263/6#81958-13.6
Campeonato Goiano Amador STD 2025
Swiss
Dec 20253/3#32599-8.6
Final do Campeonato Goiano Absoluto STD 2025
Round-Robin
Nov 20254/7#52031+0.8
Goiania Chess Open 2025
Open Swiss
Oct 20255.5/5#132823+21.2
Campeonato Goiano Absoluto STD 4a Etapa 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20253/3#162731+2.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsGabriel Gonzaga Garcia
🇧🇷BRA·2149
+1 −11 =1
13 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsLuciano Da Silva Santos
🇧🇷BRA·1934
+6 −5 =1
12 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsPaulo Estevao Rosa
🇧🇷BRA·1912
+6 −1 =3
10 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsAbel Cardoso Dos Santos
🇧🇷BRA·1930
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsIgor A.C.Lofredo Mourao
🇧🇷BRA·2226
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met Nov 2019
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
FIDE (no federation)
#208
out of 953 players
Special
#209
in continent
World
#22,585
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
FIDE (no federation)
1
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2,710
2
Svidler, PeterFollow Peter SvidlerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,682
3
Murzin, VolodarFollow Volodar MurzinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,650
4
Grebnev, AlekseyFollow Aleksey GrebnevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,625
5
Khanin, SemenFollow Semen KhaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,599
6
Malakhov, VladimirFollow Vladimir MalakhovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
6
Nesterov, ArseniyFollow Arseniy NesterovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
8
Paravyan, DavidFollow David ParavyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
9
Rakhmanov, AleksandrFollow Aleksandr RakhmanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,590
10
Najer, EvgeniyFollow Evgeniy NajerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,583
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208De Souza Sa, Apolo2,035
Special
1
Andreikin, DmitryFollow Dmitry AndreikinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,710
2
Svidler, PeterFollow Peter SvidlerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,682
3
Murzin, VolodarFollow Volodar MurzinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,650
4
Grebnev, AlekseyFollow Aleksey GrebnevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,625
5
Khanin, SemenFollow Semen KhaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,599
6
Malakhov, VladimirFollow Vladimir MalakhovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
6
Nesterov, ArseniyFollow Arseniy NesterovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
8
Paravyan, DavidFollow David ParavyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
9
Rakhmanov, AleksandrFollow Aleksandr RakhmanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,590
10
Najer, EvgeniyFollow Evgeniy NajerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,583
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World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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