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Valera Rivas, Hebert Jose
🇻🇪FIDE 3906701· Male· Venezuela· Born in 1994
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Hebert Jose Valera Rivas, a 32-year-old Venezuelan player, is rated 1932 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 43 months (2012–2016), 17 months (2018–2020) and 69 months (2020–2026, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: I TORNEO IRT CLASICO CAISSA-HUANCAYO.
At junior level, he reached #27 and #26 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1932
Standard
Rpd1916·Blz1833
All-time high
1932
at best
Jan 2026 · age 32
Jan 2026 · age 32
Activity
1
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#40,527
#40,527 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1932
at age 32
Jan 2026
2020
62nd Venezuelan 20-35 player
at age 26 · rated 1876
Oct 2020
Inactive for 69 months
paused at 1876 → returned at 1932
Mar 2020
2018
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1878 → returned at 1876
Sep 2018
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 23
Apr 2017
2013
27th Venezuelan U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1896
Apr 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+6
1926 → 1932
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
4/ 666.7%
3W2D1L
Top 2 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/4 | #9 | 2822 | +5.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJose David Valera
🇻🇪VEN·2002
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Jan 2022
View head-to-head →
vsGerardo Ramon Herrera Aliza
🇻🇪VEN·1931
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Nov 2019
View head-to-head →
vsBrayan Leonardo Plaza Hoyo
🇻🇪VEN·1975
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Oct 2019
View head-to-head →
vsAlejandro Daniel Rumbos GarciaCM
🇻🇪VEN·2244
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2019
View head-to-head →
vsOriana Nazaret Guevara Munoz
🇻🇪VEN
+7 −0 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2019
View head-to-head →
Rankings
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Venezuela
#172
out of 1,613 players
Americas
#4,433
in continent
World
#40,526
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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World
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