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Medina Cruzata, Jose Miguel
FM🇻🇪FIDE 3500934· Male· Venezuela· Born in 1963
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Jose Miguel Medina Cruzata, a 63-year-old Venezuelan FIDE Master, is rated 2179 and ranked 33rd among Venezuelan players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has slipped back 49 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈1/year long-term). Recent appearances: III Sampa Chess Open 2026 STD and Campeonato Panamericano Senior 65 2025. Also played 21 rapid (including III Sampa Chess Open 2026 RPD) and 1 blitz events (including Municipal de Xadrez Blitz de SCS 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 99 months (2004–2012), 45 months (2012–2016) and 101 months (2016–2025). His peak of 2295 was reached at age 49 (Nov 2012); he also reached Venezuelan #10 in Jul 2004.
Competes for Venezuela since Mar 2019. Awarded FM in 2011 (age 48).
Current rating
2179
Standard
Rpd2141·Blz2098
All-time high
2295
−116 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
#33 · Venezuelan players · of 955
Career timeline
17 entries2025
1st Venezuelan 60-65 player
at age 62 · rated 2228
Jun 2025
2019
Switched federation: FID → VEN
at age 56
Mar 2019
2016
1st Venezuelan 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 2253
Nov 2016
Return after 41-month break
back at 2253
Sep 2016
Inactive for 101 months
paused at 2253 → returned at 2228
Sep 2016
Switched federation: CUB → FID
at age 53
Sep 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-49
2228 → 2179
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
11/ 1861.1%
8W6D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsCarlos Alejandro MartinezIM
🇧🇷BRA·2503
+0 −4 =5
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsCaio Medeiros Poeta
🇧🇷BRA·2173
+0 −6 =3
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsGabriel Sebastiao Pereira
🇧🇷BRA
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsEmilio Keiji Ishikawa
🇧🇷BRA·1726
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2026
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vsJose Antonio Vallejos
🇧🇷BRA·1885
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2026
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Rankings
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Venezuela
#33
out of 1,613 players
Americas
#1,016
in continent
World
#9,341
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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