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Rahal Vives, Michael Anthony

Rahal Vives, Michael Anthony

IM🇪🇸

FIDEFIDE 404691· Male· Spain· Born in 1970

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Michael Anthony Rahal Vives, a 56-year-old Spanish International Master, is rated 2298 and sitting in the top 1% of Spanish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 15 months (2012–2013) and 19 months (2013–2015). Recent standard appearances include Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio D'Honor Play-Off Final Rondas 1-3, Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup I Rondas 7, and Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup I Rondas 4-6. Also played 2 rapid events (including Copa Catalana Territorial de Barcelona 2026) recently. His peak of 2431 was reached at age 35 (Jan 2005, Spanish #45 at the time).

Competes for Spain since Sep 2013. Awarded IM in 2001 (age 31).

Current rating

2298

Standard

Rpd2247·Blz2350

All-time high

2431

−133 pts below
Jan 2005 · age 35

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#228 · Spanish players · of 18,813

Career timeline

21 entries
2026
13th Spanish 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2303
Mar 2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 56
Mar 2026
2022
12th Spanish 50-55 player
at age 52 · rated 2335
May 2022
2020
19th Spanish 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2333
Oct 2020
2013
21st Spanish 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 2355
Oct 2013
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2355 → returned at 2345
Sep 2013

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Evolution
+1
2297 → 2298
Tournaments
5
9 games
Score
4.5/ 950.0%
1W7D1L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio D'Honor Play-Off Final Rondas 1-3
Open Swiss
Mar 20261/2#57—+0.9
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup I Rondas 7
Round-Robin
Feb 20260/1#63—-5.5
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup I Rondas 4-6
Round-Robin
Feb 20262/3#13—+4.7
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup I Rondas 3
Round-Robin
Jan 20260.5/1#35—-0.3
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup I Lliga Catalana 2026 - Divisio d'Honor Grup I Rondas 1-2
Round-Robin
Jan 20261/2#26—+1.6

Most-Played Opponents

vsMiguel MunozGM
🇵🇪PER·2316
+0 −5 =3
8 games·last met Sep 2024
View head-to-head →
vsAbel Lazaro PujolFM
🇪🇸ESP·2396
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Apr 2024
View head-to-head →
vsCristian Fernandez DiazFM
🇪🇸ESP·2218
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met Sep 2022
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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Spain
#228
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#2,786
in continent
World
#4,169
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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1
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