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Nieves Moros, Ricardo

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FIDEFIDE 3512398· Male· Cuba· Born in 1986

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Ricardo Nieves Moros, a 40-year-old Cuban player, is rated 2163 — just 17 short of his peak of 2180 (Sep 2025, age 39) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 9 years. 15 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: VI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Dama Negra and XII Torneo Verano Alicante. Also played 2 rapid (including V Open Internacional de Ajedrez Villa de Aspe) and 1 blitz events (including VI Torneo Relampago Internacional Dama Negra) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 17 months (2007–2009), 17 months (2010–2011), 31 months (2014–2016) and 102 months (2016–2025).

At junior level, he reached #27 nationally in U20.

Current rating

2163

Standard

Rpd2152·Blz2146

All-time high

2180

−17 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 39

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 5%

#10,365 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2025
10th Cuban 35-40 player
at age 39 · rated 2180
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2180
at age 39 · −17 from today
Sep 2025
2017
85th Cuban 20-35 player
at age 31 · rated 2175
Oct 2017
2016
Inactive for 102 months
paused at 2175 → returned at 2175
Nov 2016
2014
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2139 → returned at 2175
Mar 2014
100 career games
at age 28
Mar 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Bernat Serarols MabrasFM 2,260
XII Torneo Verano Alicante · Jul 2025 · +2.3 Elo
Evolution
-12
2175 → 2163
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
4W4D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsFrancisco Sanchez SaezFM2,284·XII Torneo Verano Alicante·R7·-7.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
VI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Dama Negra
Open Swiss
Dec 20251/2#551775-16.8
XII Torneo Verano Alicante
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/7#42137+5.0
Worst Elo result: VI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Dama Negra (-16.8 Elo, finished #55).

Most-Played Opponents

vsGeorge Diaz Quesada
🇨🇺CUB·1990
+4 −3 =5
12 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsErnesto Hechavarria Puga
🇨🇺CUB·2182
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsNoslen Zamora Rosales
🇨🇺CUB·2259
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Feb 2013
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vsPavel Reyes Lozada
🇨🇺CUB·2149
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Jan 2014
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vsJorge Leon OquendoFM
🇨🇺CUB·2371
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Jun 2011
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Rankings

/
Cuba
#109
out of 535 players
Americas
#1,112
in continent
World
#10,365
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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