Penafiel Mendoza, Josselyne

Josselyne Penafiel Mendoza, a 24-year-old Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1892. She has slipped back 30 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include II SELECTIVO OLIMPICO FEMENINO, I SELECTIVO NACIONAL FEMENINO 2025, and TORNEO INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ CLASICO GUAYAQUIL CAPITAL AMERICANA DEL DEPORTE CAT. ABIERTA. Also played 1 rapid (including TORNEO INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ RAPIDO GUAYAQUIL CAPITAL AMERICANA DEL DEPORTE CAT. ABIERTA) and 3 blitz events (including TORNEO INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ BLITZ GUAYAQUIL CAPITAL AMERICANA DEL DEPORTE CAT. ABIERTA) recently. She had 3 career breaks: 28 months (2012–2014), 27 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2022–2023). Her peak of 1953 was reached at age 22 (May 2024); she also reached #31 nationally in Oct 2023.

Awarded WCM in 2023 (age 21). At junior level, she reached #4, #5, #5, #3, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.