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Garvin Mejia, Ricardo Luis
🇨🇴FIDE 4401379· Male· Colombia· Born in 1971
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Ricardo Luis Garvin Mejia, a 55-year-old Colombian player, is rated 1702. He has fluctuated between 1677 and 1766 over the past 2 years. 51 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Distrital Amateur Categoria Sub-2300 Absoluto, IRT Classic Chess Febrero, and IRT Clasico Academia FICM Feb14. Also played 15 rapid (including Torneo Mundialista de Rapidas 2025) and 13 blitz events (including Torneo Mundialista de Blitz 2025) recently. He took a 22-month break between Jan 2017 and Dec 2018. His peak of 1766 was reached at age 53 (Jun 2024).
Current rating
1702
Standard
Rpd1809·Blz1694
All-time high
1766
−64 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 53
Jun 2024 · age 53
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#109,261
#109,261 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+254 Elo)
1505 → 1759
Nov 2024
All-time peak 1766
at age 53 · −64 from today
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 53
Mar 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 52
Aug 2023
2022
31st Colombian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 1570
Apr 2022
2020
27th Colombian 45-50 player
at age 49 · rated 1649
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-29
1731 → 1702
Tournaments
9
58 games
Score
30/ 5851.7%
25W10D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/4 | #4 | 2506 | +18.4 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 0.5/6 | #27 | 1376 | -38.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/5 | #16 | 1874 | +6.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/5 | #4 | 2191 | +37.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #21 | 1852 | -1.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/2 | #30 | 2293 | -9.8 |
Worst Elo result: Campeonato Distrital Amateur Categoria Sub-2300 Absoluto (-38.6 Elo, finished #27).
Most-Played Opponents
vsMiguel Santamaria Vargas
🇨🇴COL·1822
+2 −5 =2
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsDany Andres Bejarano
🇨🇴COL·1939
+0 −8 =1
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsJulio Cesar Ceballos
🇨🇴COL·1859
+0 −3 =5
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsYamil Octavio Mena CordobaCM
🇨🇴COL·1838
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSamuel Mesa Baez
🇨🇴COL·2052
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met Jan 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Colombia
#791
out of 2,950 players
Americas
#13,095
in continent
World
#109,258
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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