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Leon Duarte, Samuel Elias
🇻🇪FIDE 3996603· Male· Venezuela· Born in 2008
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Samuel Elias Leon Duarte, a 18-year-old Venezuelan player, is rated 1726 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +141 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearances: IRT Ajedrez Clasico Carnavales Portuguesa 2026 and Campeonato Nacional Junior Absoluto 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including IRT Ajedrez Rapido Mes del Padre) and 3 blitz events (including IRT Ajedrez Blitz Simon Bolivar) recently. He took a 21-month break between Oct 2022 and Aug 2024.
At junior level, he reached #25, #28 and #16 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1726
Standard
Rpd1669·Blz1616
All-time high
1726
at best
Mar 2026 · age 18
Mar 2026 · age 18
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#100,768
#100,768 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
25th Venezuelan U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1726
May 2026
All-time peak 1726
at age 18
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 17
Dec 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+207 Elo)
1378 → 1585
Nov 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+150
1576 → 1726
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
9.5/ 1467.9%
9W1D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 6/4 | #1 | 2381 | +52.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/7 | #10 | 1888 | +98.0 |
Rankings
/
Venezuela
#400
out of 1,613 players
Americas
#11,990
in continent
World
#100,766
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Venezuela
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| ... | ||
| 400 | 1,726 | |
Americas
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| ... | ||
| 11990 | 1,726 | |
World
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| ... | ||
| 100766 | 1,726 | |