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Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier
GM🇪🇸FIDE 3404650· Male· Spain· Born in 1982
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Renier Castellanos Rodriguez, a 44-year-old Spanish Grandmaster, is rated 2462 and ranked 32nd among Spanish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 6 years. 44 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo A, CECLUB PRIMERA DIVISION 2025, and Granada Chess Open 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including VI Copa Diputacion de Almeria) recently. His peak of 2529 was reached at age 30 (Dec 2012, Spanish #17 at the time).
Competes for Spain since Jul 2008. Awarded GM in 2024 (age 42) and IM in 2005 (age 23). At junior level, he reached World #94 in U20.
Current rating
2462
Standard
Rpd2418·Blz2562
All-time high
2529
−67 pts below
Dec 2012 · age 30
Dec 2012 · age 30
Activity
67
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
35 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#32
#32 · Spanish players · of 18,813
Career timeline
19 entries2025
60th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 43 · rated 2490
Aug 2025
2024
GM title awardedGM
at age 42 · 1st quarter Presidential Board 2013
Nov 2024
2023
1,000 career games
at age 41
Nov 2023
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2479 → returned at 2476
Mar 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2500
at age 36
Aug 2018
2017
Re-crossed 2500
at age 35
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-23
2485 → 2462
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
15/ 2560.0%
9W12D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #24 | 2340 | -12.6 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #29 | 2433 | -5.7 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #44 | 2353 | -8.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSilvia-Raluca SgirceaWIM
🇷🇴ROU·2207
+9 −0 =8
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsJulen Luis Arizmendi MartinezGM
🇪🇸ESP·2465
+0 −1 =7
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsMiguel Santos RuizGM
🇪🇸ESP·2604
+1 −2 =4
7 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsKaren MovsziszianGM
🇦🇲ARM·2386
+1 −1 =4
6 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings
/
Spain
#32
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#540
in continent
World
#893
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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