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Lema, Mao
🇪🇨FIDE 3615456· Male· Ecuador· Born in 1999
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Mao Lema, a 27-year-old player, is rated 1768 — just 21 short of his peak of 1789 (Nov 2024, age 25). He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 20 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include IRT GUERREROS DEL SUR ESTANDAR, XXXII IRT Aficionados Sub 1799 Feria de las Flores 2025, and IRT SONFONIA DEL TABLERO ESTANDAR. Also played 1 rapid (including IRT TORNEO NACIONAL DE AJEDREZ PINAS 2025) and 2 blitz events (including I IRT Blitz Feria de las Flores 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2017–2018) and 46 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included). He reached #84 nationally in Jan 2025.
At junior level, he reached #19, #27 and #36 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1768
Standard
Rpd1744·Blz1804
All-time high
1789
−21 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 25
Nov 2024 · age 25
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#86,513
#86,513 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
Peak national rank: #84
at age 26 · rated 1789
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+247 Elo)
1542 → 1789
Nov 2024
All-time peak 1789
at age 25 · −21 from today
Nov 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 25
Mar 2024
2022
Re-crossed 1500
at age 23
Oct 2022
2018
19th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1478
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-21
1789 → 1768
Tournaments
3
17 games
Score
11/ 1764.7%
9W4D4L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsMaryangel Montoya Avendano1,598·XXXII IRT Aficionados Sub 1799 Feria de las Flores 2025·R5·+5.6
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsDaniel Ignacio Yepes Hoyos1,489·XXXII IRT Aficionados Sub 1799 Feria de las Flores 2025·R1·-16.5
2.[L]vsKriss Nicolle Llano Colorado1,618·XXXII IRT Aficionados Sub 1799 Feria de las Flores 2025·R4·-13.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/5 | #5 | 2535 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/4 | #95 | 1646 | -33.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/3 | #6 | 2508 | +5.0 |
Worst Elo result: XXXII IRT Aficionados Sub 1799 Feria de las Flores 2025 (-33.0 Elo, finished #95).
Rankings
/
Ecuador
#122
out of 840 players
Americas
#10,098
in continent
World
#86,511
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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