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Merida Ceballos, Sebastian
🇻🇪FIDE 3939944· Male· Venezuela· Born in 2009
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Sebastian Merida Ceballos, a 17-year-old Venezuelan player, is rated 1893 — just 25 short of his peak of 1918 (Dec 2024, age 15). He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: 12th Summer Solstice Open - Premier. Also played 1 rapid (including FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Torneo Mundialista de Blitz 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #7, #3, #2, #2, #1 and #2 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1893
Standard
Rpd1801·Blz1807
All-time high
1918
−25 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 15
Dec 2024 · age 15
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#49,851
#49,851 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
7th Venezuelan U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1893
Jan 2026
2025
3rd Venezuelan U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1918
Jan 2025
2024
All-time peak 1918
at age 15 · −25 from today
Dec 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Mar 2024
2023
2nd Venezuelan U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1677
Jan 2023
2022
Best 12-month gain (+316 Elo)
1327 → 1643
Oct 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+44
1849 → 1893
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
2.5/ 462.5%
2W1D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2.5/4 | #9 | 2091 | +44.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMarcos Antonio Casares Sanchez
🇻🇪VEN·1783
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsAlan Alexis Rivero Ochoa
🇻🇪VEN·1739
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2021
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vsAlexander Rafael Bracho Ortega
🇻🇪VEN·1548
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Jul 2019
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vsDaniele Arturo Contarino Armas
🇻🇪VEN·1577
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2018
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Rankings
/
Venezuela
#208
out of 1,613 players
Americas
#5,488
in continent
World
#49,850
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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