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Medina Cruzata, Jose Miguel
FM🇻🇪FIDE 3500934· Male· Venezuela· Born in 1963
Jose Miguel Medina Cruzata, a 63-year-old Venezuelan player. currently rated 2178 in Standard, career peak of 2295 (Nov 2012). He had 3 career breaks: 99 months (2004–2012), 45 months (2012–2016), 101 months (2016–2025).
Current rating
2178
Standard
Rpd2173·Blz2098
All-time high
2295
−117 pts below
Nov 2012 · age 49
Nov 2012 · age 49
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#33
in Venezuela · of 978
Career timeline
10 entries2016
Inactive for 101 months
paused at 2253 → returned at 2228
Sep 2016
2012
All-time peak 2295
at age 49 · −117 from today
Nov 2012
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 2295 → returned at 2253
Nov 2012
2011
FM title awardedFM
at age 48
Sep 2011
2004
Peak Venezuelan rank: #10
at age 41 · rated 2287
Jul 2004
Best 12-month gain (+25 Elo)
2262 → 2287
Jul 2004
Recent Results (last 12 months)
Evolution
-50
2228 → 2178
Score
11/ 1861.1%
8W6D4L
Standard rating history
Rankings
/
Venezuela
#33
out of 1,631 players
Americas
#1,022
in continent
World
#9,464
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Venezuela
Americas
World
FIDE Games Detail
Last scraped: 2026-04-17Scrape games
18 Standard games (last 12 months)
2026-03STDIII Sampa Chess Open 2026 STDElo 2178
| Opponent | Elo | Res. | Δ Elo | ♟ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki, Edgard Nascimento SouzaBRA | 1957 | ½ | -6.2 | ♔ |
| Mantelato, Davi NataliBRA | 1906 | 1 | +3 | ♚ |
| El Zwei, Aiman MohamedBRA | 2050 | 1 | +5.8 | ♔ |
| Pironti, Francisco FerrariBRA | 2103 | 0 | -12.8 | ♚ |
| Dias, ClaraBRA | 1982 | ½ | -5.8 | ♔ |
| Ricci, Lucas EstremesBRA | 1880 | ½ | -7.4 | ♚ |
| Achocalla Huaipara, Pavel AndresBOL | 1876 | 1 | +2.4 | ♔ |
| Calcada, Lucas GalvanBRA | 1986 | 1 | +4.4 | ♚ |
| fDe Mey, Juan PabloARU | 2102 | 0 | -12.8 | ♔ |
2025-09STDCampeonato Panamericano Senior 65 2025Elo 2208
| Opponent | Elo | Res. | Δ Elo | ♟ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backes, Jorge HenriqueBRA | 1905 | ½ | -7.4 | ♔ |
| Davila Texeira, MarioURU | 1837 | 1 | +1.8 | ♚ |
| fDelgado, Lidio DiasBRA | 2058 | ½ | -4.4 | ♔ |
| Koch, JuanARG | 1970 | 1 | +3.6 | ♚ |
| fCarvalho, Herbert AbreuBRA | 2094 | 1 | +6.4 | ♔ |
| mLeskovar, MarioARG | 2174 | 0 | -11.6 | ♚ |
| Okamura, Milton KasuoBRA | 2021 | 1 | +4.6 | ♔ |
| fBauza, AlejandroURU | 2157 | ½ | -2 | ♔ |
| mPereira, Silvio CunhaBRA | 2179 | 0 | -11.4 | ♚ |