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Garcia Alarcon, Alvaro
FM🇨🇴FIDE 4400330· Male· Colombia· Born in 1962
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Alvaro Garcia Alarcon, a 64-year-old Colombian FIDE Master, is rated 2120 and sitting in the top 5% of Colombian players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +38 Elo over the past 12 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Distrital Amateur Categoria Sub-2300 Absoluto, Torneo IRT Clasico Navideno Bogota DC, and 3er IRT Cerrado Clasico Del Rio Magdalena-Absoluto. Also played 15 rapid (including Torneo IRT Abierto Reyes del Bulevar) and 6 blitz events (including IRT Blitz intercentro Enero) recently. He took a 17-month break between Jul 2005 and Jan 2007. His peak of 2266 was reached at age 39 (Oct 2001); he also reached Colombian #42 in Apr 2002.
Awarded FM in 2008 (age 46).
Current rating
2120
Standard
Rpd2099·Blz1993
All-time high
2266
−146 pts below
Oct 2001 · age 39
Oct 2001 · age 39
Activity
33
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#72 · Colombian players · of 1,540
Career timeline
23 entries2026
2nd Colombian 60-65 player
at age 64 · rated 2106
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 64
Jan 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+93 Elo)
2012 → 2105
May 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 63
May 2025
2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 57
Sep 2019
2018
500 career games
at age 56
Aug 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+38
2082 → 2120
Tournaments
5
33 games
Score
23/ 3369.7%
19W8D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/5 | #11 | 2148 | +6.2 |
Team | May 2026 | 5/7 | #5 | 2129 | +7.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7/8 | #1 | 2305 | +40.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/4 | #4 | 1836 | -24.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEfrain ValleFM
🇨🇴COL·1961
+14 −13 =5
32 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsYamil Octavio Mena CordobaCM
🇨🇴COL·1838
+12 −7 =2
21 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJoshua Daniel Ruiz CastilloGM
🇨🇴COL·2474
+0 −18 =2
20 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsMiller Duvan Dominguez RinconFM
🇨🇴COL·2025
+7 −11 =1
19 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJairo David Pinzon
🇨🇴COL·2098
+5 −9 =5
19 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Colombia
#72
out of 2,950 players
Americas
#1,436
in continent
World
#13,621
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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