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Martinez Cardenas, Sebastian Horacio
🇻🇪FIDE 3908453· Male· Venezuela· Born in 1995
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Sebastian Horacio Martinez Cardenas, a 31-year-old Venezuelan player, is rated 2084 — just 29 short of his peak of 2113 (Nov 2025, age 30) and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2050 and 2100 for 7 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Division de Honor FACV 2026 Rondas 9-11, Division de Honor FACV 2026 Rondas 5-7, and Division de Honor FACV 2026 Rondas 4. Also played 2 rapid (including MEMORIAL EMILIO PELLICER - BENIDORM CHESS OPEN 2025) and 3 blitz events (including HALLOWEEN CHESS - BENIDORM CHESS OPEN 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2015), 83 months (2015–2022) and 14 months (2022–2024). He reached Venezuelan #41 in May 2025.
At junior level, he reached #34 and #30 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2084
Standard
Rpd2103·Blz2074
All-time high
2113
−29 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 30
Nov 2025 · age 30
Activity
37
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#16,953 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 30
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2113
at age 30 · −29 from today
Nov 2025
Peak Venezuelan rank: #41
at age 30 · rated 2108
May 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 30
Apr 2025
6-month rising streak
+157 Elo
Feb 2025
Best 12-month gain (+303 Elo)
1781 → 2084
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-21
2105 → 2084
Tournaments
9
28 games
Score
14/ 2850.0%
13W2D13L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSantiago Garcia GimenezFM2,236·Campeonato Provincial Individual Absoluto Alicante 2025 Rondas 3-5·R5·+13.4
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #53 | 2368 | +15.2 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | #98 | 1272 | -20.4 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 2894 | +10.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1/3 | #54 | 1997 | -7.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #4 | 2639 | +3.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/7 | #23 | 2172 | +11.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/7 | #85 | 1872 | -41.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/3 | #2 | 2264 | +13.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/2 | #7 | 1961 | -7.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEmilio Jose Uchest Esquitin
🇻🇪VEN·1915
+6 −7 =0
13 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsErnesto Di Girolamo Jimenez
🇻🇪VEN·1837
+3 −4 =2
9 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsArturo Canizalez
🇻🇪VEN·1770
+5 −0 =3
8 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsGustavo Andres Mendoza Aguilar
🇻🇪VEN·2177
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsSalvador Jose Massari Blanco
🇻🇪VEN·1953
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Jan 2014
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Rankings
/
Venezuela
#58
out of 1,613 players
Americas
#1,787
in continent
World
#16,953
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Venezuela
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| 58 | 2,084 | |
Americas
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| ... | ||
| 1787 | 2,084 | |
World
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| ... | ||
| 16953 | 2,084 | |