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Castro Paitan, Cesar Raul
🇻🇪FIDE 3914429· Male· Venezuela· Born in 2005
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Cesar Raul Castro Paitan, a 21-year-old Venezuelan player, is rated 1977 — just 16 short of his peak of 1993 (Mar 2026, age 21). He is on a steady climb with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include II Valida Circuito Open Absoluto ASOLARA 2026, Torneo Internacional Open Clasico Divina Pastora, and II Valida Circuito IRT Open-Grupo Colosos. Also played 8 rapid (including Campeonato Nacional Rapido - Maxima Categoria) and 6 blitz events (including IRT Blitz Aragua 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #35 in U10 and #7, #6, #16, #4 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1977
Standard
Rpd1980·Blz1981
All-time high
1993
−16 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 21
Mar 2026 · age 21
Activity
35
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#31,330
#31,330 · players worldwide · of 216,807
Career timeline
15 entries2026
47th Venezuelan 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1993
Mar 2026
All-time peak 1993
at age 21 · −16 from today
Mar 2026
2025
7th Venezuelan U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1966
Jan 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
6th Venezuelan U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1870
Jan 2023
Best 12-month gain (+283 Elo)
1587 → 1870
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+27
1950 → 1977
Tournaments
6
42 games
Score
24.5/ 4258.3%
21W13D8L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsWilliam Roberto Yanez Rodriguez1,977·TORNEO INTERNACIONAL COPA LOS ANGELES 2025 U-2400·R6·+10.9
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLorena Angelica Mazzaoui Ribaldi1,566·TORNEO INTERNACIONAL COPA LOS ANGELES 2025 U-2400·R3·-18.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/6 | #3 | 1867 | -15.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/6 | #2 | 2060 | +12.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 2071 | +20.4 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 4.5/7 | #3 | 2126 | +39.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/7 | #36 | 1826 | -23.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/5 | #2 | 2095 | -6.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDilson Alejandro Pena DuranFM
🇻🇪VEN·2246
+4 −22 =5
31 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJesus Raul Suarez Sierralta
🇻🇪VEN·1885
+12 −11 =4
27 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJesus Adrian Franco Gimenez
🇻🇪VEN·2041
+11 −5 =6
22 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsGustavo Andres Mendoza Aguilar
🇻🇪VEN·2177
+3 −16 =3
22 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsRicardo Elias Colmenarez OrsiniCM
🇻🇪VEN·1972
+8 −11 =1
20 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Venezuela
#137
out of 1,613 players
Americas
#3,328
in continent
World
#31,333
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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