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Useche Moreno, Luis Rafael

CM🇻🇪

FIDEFIDE 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

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#49

#49 · Venezuelan players · of 955

Career timeline

17 entries
2025
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

Best result
Torneo Clasico Duelo de Mentes
perf 2202 (+73) · 5.5/6 · #1
Top opponent
Torneo Clasico Duelo de Mentes · Jul 2025 · +6.8 Elo
Evolution
-6
21192113
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10/ 1855.6%
13W4D1L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Nov 20254.5/6#61921-16.0
Open Swiss
Jul 20255.5/6#12202+10.4
Worst Elo result: 2do IRT Asociacion de Ajedrez del Estado Anzoategui (-16.0 Elo, finished #6).

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

/
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
Venezuela
1
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2
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2,395
3
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2,388
4
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2,387
5
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2,383
6
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2,377
7
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2,375
7
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2,375
9
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2,373
10
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2,358
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49🇻🇪Useche Moreno, Luis Rafael2,113
Americas
1
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2,792
1
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2,792
3
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2,753
4
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2,742
5
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2,732
6
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2,724
7
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2,696
7
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
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1495🇻🇪Useche Moreno, Luis Rafael2,113
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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14215🇻🇪Useche Moreno, Luis Rafael2,113