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Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel

Ruiz Castillo, Joshua Daniel

GM🇨🇴

FIDEFIDE 4400704· Male· Colombia· Born in 1997

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Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo, a 29-year-old Colombian Grandmaster, is rated 2472 and ranked 6th among Colombian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 17 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈99/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Lone Star Open, 2nd Annual MLK Day Open - Premier, and XXXV Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez GM Carlos Torre Repetto in Memoriam 2025. Magistral. Also played 1 rapid (including Campeonato Nacional por Equipos Preparacion Juegos Nacionales 2027 Rapido Abs) and 3 blitz events (including Campeonato Nacional por Equipos Preparacion Juegos Nacionales 2027 Blitz Abs) recently. His peak of 2510 was reached at age 23 (Feb 2020, Colombian #3 at the time); he spent 48 months in Colombian top 5, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2019 (age 22), IM in 2012 (age 15), FM in 2010 (age 13), and CM in 2007 (age 10). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U10, World #95 in U20, World #37 in U18, World #21 in U16, World #39 in U14 and World #3 in U12.

Current rating

2472

Standard

Rpd2465·Blz2491

All-time high

2510

−38 pts below
Feb 2020 · age 23

Activity

40

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#6

#6 · Colombian players · of 1,476
48 months in National top 5 (2019–2026)

Career timeline

28 entries
2026
48 months in national top 5
longest streak 25 months · since Jun 2019
Mar 2026
2020
Re-crossed 2500
at age 23
Dec 2020
Peak Colombian rank: #3
at age 23 · rated 2510
Feb 2020
All-time peak 2510
at age 23 · −38 from today
Feb 2020
Re-crossed 2500
at age 23
Jan 2020
2019
GM title awardedGM
at age 22 · 84th FIDE Congress 2013
Jul 2019

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
TCR - Houston City Championship 2025
perf 2717 (+249) · 5/5 · #1
Top opponent
vs Mikhail Al. AntipovGM 2,597
2025 Houston Open · Nov 2025 · +6.7 Elo
Evolution
+7
2465 → 2472
Tournaments
7
42 games
Score
33/ 4278.6%
29W8D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMikhail Al. AntipovGM2,597·2025 Houston Open·R5·+6.7
2.[W]vsVojtech PlatGM2,497·Houston Juneteenth Open·R5·+5.5
3.[W]vsGabor NagyGM2,463·Houston Juneteenth Open·R7·+5.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Lone Star Open
Swiss
Mar 20263.5/5#82208-6.4
2nd Annual MLK Day Open - Premier
Open Swiss
Jan 20264/5#22286-2.1
XXXV Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez GM Carlos Torre Repetto in Memoriam 2025. Magistral
Open Swiss
Dec 20255.5/9#122487+2.5
Campeonato Nacional por Equipos PreJuegos Nacionales 2027 Clasico Abs
Team
Nov 20255/6#52447+4.1
2025 Houston Open
Open Swiss
Nov 20254.5/5#12434+4.9
TCR - Houston City Championship 2025
Open Swiss
Jun 20255/5#12717+4.2
Houston Juneteenth Open
Open Swiss
Jun 20255.5/7#12308-0.6

Most-Played Opponents

vsEfrain ValleFM
🇨🇴COL·2012
+24 −7 =13
44 games·last met May 2024
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vsJuan David BecerraFM
🇨🇴COL·2262
+26 −9 =8
43 games·last met Dec 2020
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vsAlberto RiveraIM
FID·2247
+14 −4 =12
30 games·last met Jul 2019
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vsJuan Carlos Ceron
🇨🇴COL·2085
+27 −2 =1
30 games·last met Jul 2016
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vsAlciguel RuizFM
🇨🇴COL·2191
+11 −7 =11
29 games·last met Jan 2017
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Rankings

/
Colombia
#6
out of 2,941 players
Americas
#103
in continent
World
#812
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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