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Diaz Murgada, Rider
IM🇨🇺FIDE 3506703· Male· Cuba· Born in 1984
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Rider Diaz Murgada, a 42-year-old Cuban International Master, is rated 2412 and ranked 16th among Cuban players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 47 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent appearance: Campeonato de Cuba Absoluto 2026. He had 5 career breaks: 17 months (2002–2004), 17 months (2005–2007), 36 months (2008–2011), 18 months (2011–2012) and 27 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2459 was reached at age 40 (Jun 2024); he also reached Cuban #15 in Feb 2025.
Awarded IM in 2018 (age 34) and FM in 2013 (age 29). At junior level, he reached #11 and #12 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2412
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2408
All-time high
2459
−47 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 40
Jun 2024 · age 40
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#16
#16 · Cuban players · of 503
Career timeline
20 entries2025
91st 40-45 player worldwide
at age 41 · rated 2459
Mar 2025
Peak Cuban rank: #15
at age 41 · rated 2459
Feb 2025
2024
All-time peak 2459
at age 40 · −47 from today
Jun 2024
2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2430 → returned at 2445
Feb 2020
2019
500 career games
at age 35
Jun 2019
2018
IM title awardedIM
at age 34 · 89th FIDE Congress 2018
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-15
2427 → 2412
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4/ 944.4%
2W4D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #20 | 2302 | -15.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsArnaldo Fernandez De La VaraIM
🇨🇺CUB·2461
+8 −6 =16
30 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsLennis Martinez RamirezIM
🇨🇺CUB·2395
+8 −9 =10
27 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsMichel Alejandro Diaz PerezIM
🇨🇺CUB·2425
+8 −7 =10
25 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsManuel Dario Ochoa de la RosaFM
🇨🇺CUB·2298
+8 −2 =4
14 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsWilliam Hernandez GonzalezIM
🇨🇺CUB·2462
+2 −2 =10
14 games·last met Jan 2020
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Rankings
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Cuba
#16
out of 535 players
Americas
#170
in continent
World
#1,466
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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