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Useche Moreno, Luis Rafael
CM🇻🇪FIDE 3916537· Male· Venezuela· Born in 1962
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Luis Rafael Useche Moreno, a 64-year-old Venezuelan Candidate Master, is rated 2113 and ranked 49th among Venezuelan players, and in the top 7% worldwide. He has held steady between 2100 and 2150 for 7 years. 12 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2do IRT Asociacion de Ajedrez del Estado Anzoategui and Torneo Clasico Duelo de Mentes. Also played 2 rapid (including VI Aniversario Academia FerOso) and 3 blitz events (including IRT Blitz Ciudad de Puerto La Cruz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2016–2017) and 58 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2205 was reached at age 53 (Oct 2015, Venezuelan #34 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2015 (age 53).
Current rating
2113
Standard
Rpd2053·Blz2048
All-time high
2205
−92 pts below
Oct 2015 · age 53
Oct 2015 · age 53
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#49
#49 · Venezuelan players · of 955
Career timeline
17 entries2025
3rd Venezuelan 60-65 player
at age 63 · rated 2129
Sep 2025
2020
3rd Venezuelan 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 2118
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 58 months
paused at 2118 → returned at 2115
Nov 2019
100 career games
at age 57
Oct 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2100
at age 56
Sep 2018
2016
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2156 → returned at 2142
May 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-6
2119 → 2113
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10/ 1855.6%
13W4D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #6 | 1921 | -16.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/6 | #1 | 2202 | +10.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJesus David Hernandez Patino
🇻🇪VEN·1777
+12 −0 =3
15 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJavier Jose Osorio Guevara
🇻🇪VEN·2099
+3 −7 =2
12 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsAriel Marichal GonzalezIM
🇻🇪VEN·2280
+1 −7 =4
12 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsRicardo Jose Rodriguez Garcia
🇻🇪VEN·2119
+5 −2 =4
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJose Marcano Veliz
🇻🇪VEN·1965
+2 −2 =7
11 games·last met Sep 2019
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Rankings
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Venezuela
#49
out of 1,613 players
Americas
#1,495
in continent
World
#14,215
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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World
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