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Vargas Salazar, Alvaro Matias
🇪🇨FIDE 3640388· Male· Ecuador· Born in 2010
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Alvaro Matias Vargas Salazar, a 16-year-old player, is rated 1781 — his current career high. He has fluctuated between 1466 and 1781 over the past 2 years. 15 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearances: IRT NACIONAL CLASIFICATORIO CATEGORIA U16 2026 ESTANDAR and I FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL ITT ATAHUALPA. Also played 3 rapid (including I FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL ATAHUALPA RAPIDO 2025) and 2 blitz events (including I FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ ATAHUALPA BLITZ 2025) recently. He took a 13-month break between Jul 2023 and Sep 2024. He reached #96 nationally in Sep 2025.
At junior level, he reached #10, #32 and #23 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1781
Standard
Rpd1855·Blz1668
All-time high
1781
at best
May 2026 · age 16
May 2026 · age 16
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#82,325
#82,325 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1781
at age 16
May 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #96
at age 15 · rated 1768
Sep 2025
10th U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1768
May 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Apr 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+407 Elo)
1059 → 1466
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+13
1768 → 1781
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10.5/ 1858.3%
10W1D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsIsaac Guillermo Giler Moncayo1,800·IRT NACIONAL CLASIFICATORIO CATEGORIA U16 2026 ESTANDAR·R5·+21.1
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsFelix Eduardo Pilco Velez1,822·IRT NACIONAL CLASIFICATORIO CATEGORIA U16 2026 ESTANDAR·R6·-17.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/6 | #12 | 2536 | +40.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #38 | 1714 | -26.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIcker Aldair Alarcon Vega
🇪🇨ECU·2096
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJordy Alexander Sozoranga Barahona
🇪🇨ECU·1924
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSantiak Emanuel Peralta Macas
🇪🇨ECU·1839
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsDaniel Vladimir Garcia De La Rosa
🇪🇨ECU·2020
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsEduardo Josue Mariduena Villa
🇪🇨ECU·1703
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
/
Ecuador
#114
out of 840 players
Americas
#9,582
in continent
World
#82,323
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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