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Gutierrez Espinosa, Karen
WFM🇨🇺FIDE 3513238· Female· Cuba· Born in 1995
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Karen Gutierrez Espinosa, a 31-year-old Cuban Woman FIDE Master, is rated 2000. She has slipped back 72 Elo over the past 12 months. 71 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Festival Homenaje a las Madres 2026, X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A, and XXXV Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez GM Carlos Torre Repetto in Memoriam 2025. Magistral. Also played 1 rapid (including XXVI Obert Internacional d'Escacs de Figueres "Miquel Mas") and 1 blitz events (including II Torneo Ajedrez Blitz de Parejas Mixtas) recently. Her peak of 2168 was reached at age 14 (Nov 2009).
Awarded WFM in 2010 (age 15). At junior level, she reached World #85 in U14 and #12, #20 and #4 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2000
Standard
Rpd1985·Blz1983
All-time high
2168
−168 pts below
Nov 2009 · age 14
Nov 2009 · age 14
Activity
72
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
62 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#27,499
#27,499 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
25 entries2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 28
Feb 2023
2020
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2107 → returned at 2120
Apr 2020
Re-crossed 2100
at age 25
Jan 2020
2019
Best 12-month gain (+128 Elo)
2014 → 2142
Nov 2019
79th Cuban 20-35 player
at age 24 · rated 2161
Sep 2019
500 career games
at age 24
Sep 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-72
2072 → 2000
Tournaments
7
67 games
Score
27/ 6740.3%
20W20D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/9 | #19 | 1933 | -20.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #230 | 2049 | +7.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/9 | #36 | 2032 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/10 | #114 | 2030 | -3.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/8 | #74 | 2043 | -8.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #55 | 2041 | -10.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/8 | #58 | 1891 | -38.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYoana Gonzalez OchoaWIM
🇨🇺CUB·2066
+6 −12 =20
38 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsRoxangel Obregon GarciaWIM
🇨🇺CUB·2128
+3 −11 =6
20 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsYerisbel Miranda LlanesWGM
🇨🇺CUB·2242
+2 −13 =3
18 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsYaniela Forgas MorenoWGM
🇨🇺CUB·2221
+3 −10 =2
15 games·last met May 2024
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vsAliett Valdes BozaWFM
🇨🇺CUB·1927
+8 −2 =4
14 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Cuba
#198
out of 535 players
Americas
#2,882
in continent
World
#27,499
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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