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Guerra Mendez, Jose Angel

Guerra Mendez, Jose Angel

GM🇪🇸

FIDEFIDE 3508129· Male· Spain· Born in 1988

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Jose Angel Guerra Mendez, a 38-year-old Spanish Grandmaster, is rated 2433 and ranked 43rd among Spanish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 54 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Play-Off Descens, Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup Descens Rondas 1-3, and Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup II Rondas 7. Also played 5 rapid (including XVII OPEN INTERNACIONAL MEMORIAL EZEQUIEL MARTIN) and 2 blitz events (including Campionat de Catalunya Llampec per Equips 2025) recently. He took a 15-month break between Jan 2014 and May 2015. His peak of 2550 was reached at age 30 (May 2018); he also reached World #424 in Sep 2018.

Competes for Spain since Aug 2017. Awarded GM in 2017 (age 29), IM in 2009 (age 21), and FM in 2006 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #51 in U20, World #88 in U16 and #6 nationally in U18.

Current rating

2433

Standard

Rpd2414·Blz2492

All-time high

2550

−117 pts below
May 2018 · age 30

Activity

18

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#43

#43 · Spanish players · of 18,793

Career timeline

21 entries
2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 35
Apr 2023
2018
Peak World rank: #424
at age 30 · rated 2550
Sep 2018
All-time peak 2550
at age 30 · −117 from today
May 2018
2017
GM title awardedGM
at age 29 · 88th FIDE Congress 2017
Nov 2017
Peak Spanish rank: #11
at age 29 · rated 2539
Oct 2017
Switched federation: FID → ESP
at age 29
Aug 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Robert RuckGM 2,498
CN Equipas 2024-25 · Jul 2025 · +0.5 Elo
Evolution
-45
2478 → 2433
Tournaments
8
34 games
Score
16.5/ 3448.5%
10W17D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Play-Off Descens
Open Swiss
Apr 20260.5/1#362299-1.8
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup Descens Rondas 1-3
Open Swiss
Mar 20261.5/3#43—-3.6
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup II Rondas 7
Round-Robin
Feb 20260/1#75—-5.0
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup II Rondas 4-6
Round-Robin
Feb 20261.5/3#23—-4.6
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup II Rondas 3
Round-Robin
Jan 20261/1#4—+5.7
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup II Rondas 1-2
Round-Robin
Jan 20260.5/2#58—-6.3
Obert de Sants - Ciutat de Barcelona 2025 Grup A
Open Swiss
Aug 20257/10#252311-12.9
CN Equipas 2024-25
Team
Jul 20254.5/9#172326-16.0
Worst Elo result: CN Equipas 2024-25 (-16.0 Elo, finished #17).

Most-Played Opponents

vsCamilo Ernesto Gomez GarridoGM
🇨🇺CUB·2480
+1 −2 =11
14 games·last met Nov 2011
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vsAlexey Fernandez CardosoIM
🇨🇺CUB·2409
+6 −1 =5
12 games·last met Sep 2012
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vsHipolito Asis GargatagliGM
🇪🇸ESP·2475
+0 −3 =7
10 games·last met May 2025
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vsIsan Reynaldo Ortiz SuarezGM
🇨🇺CUB·2490
+2 −1 =7
10 games·last met Aug 2013
View head-to-head →
vsMiguel MunozGM
🇵🇪PER·2316
+4 −2 =3
9 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings

/
Spain
#43
out of 20,270 players
Europe
#740
in continent
World
#1,198
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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