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Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J.
IM🇨🇺FIDE 3512428· Male· Cuba· Born in 1994
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Ernesto J. Fernandez Guillen, a 32-year-old Cuban International Master, is rated 2439 and ranked 14th among Cuban players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 46 Elo over the past 12 months. 82 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Open Chess Menorca 2026, 52 Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda 2026, and Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio D'Honor Play-Off Final Rondas 1-3. Also played 3 rapid (including CE Parejas Mixtas Rapido 2025) and 6 blitz events (including V Blitz Chess Menorca 2026) recently. His peak of 2488 was reached at age 31 (Sep 2025, Cuban #5 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2017 (age 23) and FM in 2013 (age 19). Earned GM norms at Torneig Ciutat de Barcelona Obert de Sants 2022 Grupo A and III Open Internacional La Nucia 2022. At junior level, he reached World #81 in U14, World #40 in U12 and #3, #4 and #3 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2439
Standard
Rpd2479·Blz2349
All-time high
2488
−49 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 31
Sep 2025 · age 31
Activity
72
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
82 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#14
#14 · Cuban players · of 640
Career timeline
25 entries2025
All-time peak 2488
at age 31 · −49 from today
Sep 2025
Peak Cuban rank: #5
at age 31 · rated 2486
Aug 2025
1,000 career games
at age 31
May 2025
2022
Re-crossed 2400
at age 28
Sep 2022
2020
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 2411 → returned at 2390
Jan 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2400
at age 25
Oct 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-46
2485 → 2439
Tournaments
11
64 games
Score
43.5/ 6468.0%
36W15D13L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsSalvador Gabriel Del Rio De AngelisGM2,407·XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo A·R7·+4.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #51 | 2442 | +0.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #30 | 2261 | -15.5 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #85 | — | -8.1 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #20 | — | +2.3 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #86 | — | -9.9 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | — | +4.5 |
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup I Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup I Rondas 1-2 Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #19 | — | -3.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/10 | #57 | 2215 | -25.3 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2523 | +4.9 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7/9 | #11 | 2465 | +2.0 |
Worst Elo result: XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group A (-25.3 Elo, finished #57).
Most-Played Opponents
vsCarlos Rene Alvarez FernandezFM
🇨🇺CUB·2267
+10 −7 =10
27 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsAbel Fabian Lopez GonzalezIM
🇨🇺CUB·2373
+7 −8 =7
22 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsAlejandro Yanes CanizaresFM
🇨🇺CUB·2358
+6 −11 =5
22 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsJony Wilson Leon ValdesIM
🇨🇺CUB·2279
+5 −7 =10
22 games·last met Oct 2016
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vsJose Manuel Calvo QuinteiroFM
🇨🇺CUB·2307
+8 −4 =10
22 games·last met Sep 2014
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Rankings
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Cuba
#14
out of 672 players
Americas
#139
in continent
World
#1,140
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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