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Cruz Mendez, Jean Marco
FM🇨🇺FIDE 3526402· Male· Cuba· Born in 2005
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Jean Marco Cruz Mendez, a 21-year-old Cuban FIDE Master, is rated 2164 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 58 Elo over the past 12 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CFCC 2026 Winter Open & Scholastic - Master-Expert, 9th Annual Gulf Coast New Years Open - Premier, and 3rd Gulf Coast October Open - Premier. Also played 1 blitz event (including I IRT Blitz Feria de las Flores 2025) recently. He took a 34-month break between Jan 2020 and Dec 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2279 was reached at age 18 (Sep 2023); he also reached Cuban #73 in Nov 2023.
Awarded FM in 2020 (age 15). At junior level, he reached #7, #1, #10, #2 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2164
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2110
All-time high
2279
−115 pts below
Sep 2023 · age 18
Sep 2023 · age 18
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,315 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
7th Cuban U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2229
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 20
Jan 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Peak Cuban rank: #73
at age 18 · rated 2279
Nov 2023
1st Cuban U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2279
Sep 2023
Best 12-month gain (+261 Elo)
2018 → 2279
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-58
2222 → 2164
Tournaments
5
35 games
Score
18/ 3551.4%
16W10D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #9 | 2014 | -19.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #13 | 2064 | -12.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/4 | #14 | 2092 | -31.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/6 | #5 | 2211 | -1.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2182 | -2.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHanoy Fredy Hernandez Herrera
🇨🇺CUB·2012
+6 −1 =3
10 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsLazaro A. Gonzalez ArredondoFM
🇨🇺CUB·1984
+2 −3 =5
10 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsWilver Vargas RodriguezFM
🇨🇺CUB·2268
+0 −9 =0
9 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsRaynner Amaro AlfonsoFM
🇨🇺CUB·2176
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsJose Antonio Canina Ruiz
🇨🇺CUB·2190
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2020
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Rankings
/
Cuba
#108
out of 535 players
Americas
#1,106
in continent
World
#10,315
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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World
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