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Benitez, Raul Ivan
🇵🇾FIDE 3707270· Male· Paraguay· Born in 2000
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Raul Ivan Benitez, a 26-year-old player, is rated 1988 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +28 Elo over the past 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include I IRT ABF 2026, Irt Clasicas Sajonia 2026 I, and ABF SUMMER 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including Torneo Abierto de Duplas - Club Internacional de Tenis 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Torneo Blitz Feparaj Noviembre 2025) recently. He took a 16-month break between Dec 2021 and May 2023. He reached #32 nationally in Dec 2021.
At junior level, he reached #2 and #3 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1988
Standard
Rpd1930·Blz1914
All-time high
1988
at best
Jun 2026 · age 26
Jun 2026 · age 26
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#29,457
#29,457 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 1988
at age 26
Jun 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 24
Mar 2024
2021
Peak national rank: #32
at age 21 · rated 1807
Dec 2021
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1807 → returned at 1772
Dec 2021
2020
2nd U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1802
Oct 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Oct 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+28
1960 → 1988
Tournaments
6
34 games
Score
23.5/ 3469.1%
20W7D7L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsEnzo Mathias Vinales GonzalezFM2,036·Liga Paraguaya de Ajedrez Categoria A 2025 Ronda 4 al 7·R4·+12.3
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 1971 | +1.4 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/7 | #4 | 2063 | +16.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/7 | #1 | 2060 | +17.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/3 | #1 | 2116 | +14.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/3 | #5 | 2007 | +6.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/7 | #7 | 1747 | -28.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRodolfo CanteroCM
🇵🇾PAR·2263
+1 −9 =1
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJuan Sebastian MelianIM
🇵🇾PAR·2372
+5 −5 =1
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsEnzo Mathias Vinales GonzalezFM
🇵🇾PAR·2051
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsIvan Alejandro B. Torales G.FM
🇵🇾PAR·2025
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsAngel Nathanael MontielCM
🇵🇾PAR·2045
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Feb 2024
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Rankings
/
Paraguay
#35
out of 438 players
Americas
#3,110
in continent
World
#29,456
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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