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Zanella Gonzalez, Armando Jose
🇻🇪FIDE 3973603· Male· Venezuela· Born in 2006
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Armando Jose Zanella Gonzalez, a 20-year-old Venezuelan player, is rated 1971 — just 30 short of his peak of 2001 (Nov 2024, age 18). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 19 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈59/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include II Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Porlamar, XXV IRT Hibrido del Sur Sub-2100 2026, and II Chequeo Estadal Juvenil Absoluto Asoajedrene 2025. Also played 8 rapid (including IRT Rapido SAN GIL Provincia Guanentina SANTANDER 2025) and 7 blitz events (including IRT BLITZ Santander Piensa en Grande 2025) recently. He reached Venezuelan #88 in Nov 2024.
At junior level, he reached #7, #6, #18 and #60 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1971
Standard
Rpd1984·Blz2017
All-time high
2001
−30 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 18
Nov 2024 · age 18
Activity
61
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
62 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#32,466
#32,466 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
7th Venezuelan U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1998
Dec 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Peak Venezuelan rank: #88
at age 18 · rated 2001
Nov 2024
6th Venezuelan U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2001
Nov 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 18
Nov 2024
All-time peak 2001
at age 18 · −30 from today
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-15
1986 → 1971
Tournaments
9
64 games
Score
48/ 6475.0%
42W12D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJose David Gonzalez Eurresta1,661·II Chequeo Estadal Juvenil Absoluto Asoajedrene 2025·R7·-17.0
3.[L]vsEliezer Benjamin Romero Espana1,707·Chequeo Estadal Juvenil Absoluto Asoajedrene 2025·R3·-16.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/6 | #8 | 1926 | -26.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/5 | #1 | 2633 | +33.6 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #4 | 1778 | -35.0 |
Tournament | Oct 2025 | 5.5/7 | #3 | 2122 | +25.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 1989 | +4.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/8 | #22 | 2013 | -8.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 1898 | -10.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlvaro Francisco Silva Mago
🇻🇪VEN·1858
+33 −28 =10
71 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMoises Alejandro Hernandez Fermin
🇻🇪VEN·1760
+31 −12 =20
63 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsIsaac Alejandro Hernandez Fermin
🇻🇪VEN·2009
+9 −37 =15
61 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsJosue Alejandro Cabeza Marquez
🇻🇪VEN·1912
+18 −26 =9
53 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsEliezer Benjamin Romero Espana
🇻🇪VEN·1661
+26 −10 =7
43 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Venezuela
#143
out of 1,613 players
Americas
#3,448
in continent
World
#32,465
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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World
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