Format
CE
Chavez Espinoza, Paul Nicolas
🇪🇨FIDE 3667073· Male· Ecuador· Born in 2009
Follow Paul Nicolas Chavez EspinozaTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Paul Nicolas Chavez Espinoza, a 17-year-old player, is rated 1574 — just 15 short of his peak of 1589 (Mar 2025, age 16). He has held steady between 1550 and 1600 for 9 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XIII Campeonato Panamericano de Ajedrez 2025 Para Ciegos y Disminuidos Visuales Ciegos, II IRT DEL CENTENARIO CDP 2025 BLITZ, and II IRT DEL CENTENARIO CDP 2025. Also played 6 rapid (including I FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL ATAHUALPA RAPIDO 2025) and 1 blitz events (including I FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ ATAHUALPA BLITZ 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #46 and #34 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1574
Standard
Rpd1518·Blz1582
All-time high
1589
−15 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 16
Mar 2025 · age 16
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#156,996
#156,996 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
46th U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1574
Jun 2026
2025
34th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1589
Mar 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Mar 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 16
Mar 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 16
Mar 2025
All-time peak 1589
at age 16 · −15 from today
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+55
1519 → 1574
Tournaments
6
46 games
Score
20.5/ 4644.6%
16W9D21L
Top 3 wins
3.[D]vsVaibhav BediCM1,813·XXXV CAMPEONATO PANAMERICANO DE AJEDREZ DE LA JUVENTUD 2025 - U 16 Absoluto·R2·+14.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/5 | #21 | 1951 | +13.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/2 | #68 | 2391 | -39.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/4 | #25 | 2414 | +20.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/6 | #52 | 2073 | +72.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/5 | #75 | 1904 | -11.2 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/4 | #26 | 1638 | -69.6 |
Worst Elo result: CAMPEONATO NACIONAL ESCOLAR U17 ABSOLUTO GUAYAQUIL 2025 (-69.6 Elo, finished #26).
Rankings
/
Ecuador
#304
out of 840 players
Americas
#19,278
in continent
World
#156,980
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Ecuador
| 1 | 🇪🇨Follow Kevin Noboa SilvaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,398 |
| 2 | 🇪🇨Follow Carlos S. Matamoros FrancoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,381 |
| 3 | 🇪🇨Follow Emilio Bastidas RodriguezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,331 |
| 4 | 🇪🇨Follow Christopher Leonel Garzon ZapatangaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,305 |
| 5 | 🇪🇨Follow Anahi Ortiz VerdezotoTrack her monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,245 |
| 6 | 🇪🇨Follow Juan Carlos Ricaurte LopezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,212 |
| 7 | 🇪🇨Follow Eddy Ernesto Enrique HernandezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,197 |
| 8 | 🇪🇨Follow Matias Israel Guerrero CajecaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,176 |
| 9 | 🇪🇨Follow Miguel Munoz SanchezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,173 |
| 10 | 🇪🇨Follow Alberto Santos FloresTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,164 |
| ... | ||
| 304 | 1,574 | |
Americas
| 1 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 1 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸Follow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,742 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸Follow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,732 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸Follow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,724 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Follow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,696 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Follow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,696 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,656 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸Follow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,653 |
| ... | ||
| 19278 | 1,574 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 156980 | 1,574 | |