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Granda Zuniga, Julio E

Granda Zuniga, Julio E

GM🇵🇪

FIDEFIDE 3800024· Male· Peru· Born in 1967

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Julio E Granda Zuniga, a 59-year-old Peruvian Grandmaster, is rated 2606 and ranked 2nd among Peruvian players, and 145th worldwide. He has held steady between 2600 and 2625 for 8 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈49/year long-term). Recent appearances: Magistral Szmetan Giardelli 2025 and Nave Bellver Insud. Also played 1 rapid (including VIII Festival Internacional de Ajedrez "Salamanca Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno") and 1 blitz events (including Blitz IRT Szmetan - Giardelli) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 37 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 30 months (2023–2025). His peak of 2699 was reached at age 49 (Jun 2016, World #41 at the time); he spent 60 months in the world top 100.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 34).

Current rating

2606

Standard

Rpd2561·Blz2606

All-time high

2699

−93 pts below
Jun 2016 · age 49

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#2

#2 · Peruvian players · of 1,726
60 months in World top 100 (2001–2018)

Career timeline

28 entries
2023
1st 55-60 player worldwide
at age 56 · rated 2628
Dec 2023
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2628 → returned at 2624
Mar 2023
2020
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 2630 → returned at 2628
Jan 2020
2018
1st 50-55 player worldwide
at age 51 · rated 2650
Dec 2018
Re-crossed 2650
at age 51
Dec 2018
60 months in world top 100
longest streak 19 months · since Jan 2001
Feb 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Alexei ShirovGM 2,610
Magistral Szmetan Giardelli 2025 · Dec 2025 · +5.1 Elo
Evolution
-22
2628 → 2606
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10/ 1855.6%
7W6D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAlexei ShirovGM2,610·Magistral Szmetan Giardelli 2025·R9·+5.1
2.[W]vsDiego FloresGM2,567·Magistral Szmetan Giardelli 2025·R5·+4.4
3.[W]vsDiego Macias PinoIM2,503·Nave Bellver Insud·R5·+3.3
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsIlan SchnaiderIM2,402·Magistral Szmetan Giardelli 2025·R6·-7.6
2.[L]vsDavid Larino NietoGM2,451·Nave Bellver Insud·R3·-7.3
3.[L]vsAlan PichotGM2,588·Nave Bellver Insud·R7·-5.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Magistral Szmetan Giardelli 2025
Round-Robin
Dec 20254/9#62476-17.5
Nave Bellver Insud
Round-Robin
Sep 20256/9#32588-3.8
Worst Elo result: Magistral Szmetan Giardelli 2025 (-17.5 Elo, finished #6).

Most-Played Opponents

vsDavid Anton GuijarroGM
🇪🇸ESP·2657
+7 −3 =7
17 games·last met Aug 2017
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vsDiego FloresGM
🇦🇷ARG·2582
+4 −3 =6
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsEduardo Iturrizaga BonelliGM
🇪🇸ESP·2589
+4 −3 =6
13 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsAlan PichotGM
🇪🇸ESP·2581
+2 −5 =4
11 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMarc Narciso DublanGM
🇪🇸ESP·2376
+3 −4 =3
10 games·last met Aug 2017
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Rankings

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Peru
#2
out of 2,416 players
Americas
#20
in continent
World
#145
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Peru
1
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Americas
1
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2
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6
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World
1
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2
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145🇵🇪Granda Zuniga, Julio E2,606