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Corado Paz Castillo, Rafael
CM🇻🇪FIDE 3900541· Male· Venezuela· Born in 1996
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Rafael Corado Paz Castillo, a 30-year-old Venezuelan Candidate Master, is rated 2218 — just 18 short of his peak of 2236 (May 2014, age 18) and ranked 30th among Venezuelan players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 17 months (2009–2011), 13 months (2018–2019), 33 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 39 months (2022–2025). Recent appearance: Circuito de Torneos Internacionales FVA 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including I Torneo por Equipos Homenaje al MI Antonio Palacios Lanza) and 1 blitz events (including IRT Blitz Aragua 2025) recently. He reached Venezuelan #20 in Aug 2022.
Awarded CM in 2011 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #77 in U12 and #8, #3, #3 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2218
Standard
Rpd2205·Blz2194
All-time high
2236
−18 pts below
May 2014 · age 18
May 2014 · age 18
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#30
#30 · Venezuelan players · of 977
Career timeline
23 entries2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 29
Oct 2025
2022
Peak Venezuelan rank: #20
at age 26 · rated 2192
Aug 2022
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 2192 → returned at 2218
Jun 2022
2019
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2218 → returned at 2192
Aug 2019
2018
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2214 → returned at 2218
Jun 2018
Re-crossed 2200
at age 22
Feb 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+26
2192 → 2218
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
4W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/9 | #10 | 2305 | +26.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRonald Jesus Brizuela AbreuIM
🇻🇪VEN·2283
+7 −4 =5
16 games·last met May 2022
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vsRichard Leyva ProenzaIM
🇻🇪VEN·2297
+1 −9 =4
14 games·last met May 2025
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vsAlejandro Fuentes Ramos
🇻🇪VEN·2164
+7 −4 =3
14 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsFranklin Annervys PalomoFM
🇻🇪VEN·2231
+2 −10 =1
13 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsSamid Eduardo Escalona LandiFM
🇻🇪VEN·2375
+6 −5 =2
13 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Venezuela
#30
out of 1,597 players
Americas
#785
in continent
World
#7,239
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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