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Valencia Gantiva, Cristian
🇨🇴FIDE 4407857· Male· Colombia· Born in 1995
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Cristian Valencia Gantiva, a 31-year-old Colombian player, is rated 1975. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 8 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include IRT Clasico de Semana Santa Kallpa Gran Desafio Sub 2000, XXXI Torneo Internacional Clasico Feria de Manizales 2026, and XV IRT Aficionados Raza Elo 1800 a 1999 Medellin 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including Torneo Nacional de Mayores Rapido Absoluto 2025) and 8 blitz events (including I IRT Blitz Raza 2025 Medellin 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 18 months (2015–2016), 15 months (2018–2020) and 22 months (2022–2024). His peak of 2070 was reached at age 13 (Jan 2008).
At junior level, he reached #24, #26, #15 and #14 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1975
Standard
Rpd2012·Blz2006
All-time high
2070
−95 pts below
Jan 2008 · age 13
Jan 2008 · age 13
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#31,661
#31,661 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2022
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1929 → returned at 1945
Dec 2022
2018
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1947 → returned at 1897
Dec 2018
2017
Best 12-month gain (+67 Elo)
1928 → 1995
Jun 2017
100 career games
at age 22
Feb 2017
2015
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1928 → returned at 1949
May 2015
24th Colombian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1934
Jan 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+13
1962 → 1975
Tournaments
4
31 games
Score
19/ 3161.3%
18W2D11L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsCristhian Daniel Hernandez Serrano1,925·XV IRT Aficionados Raza Elo 1800 a 1999 Medellin 2025·R6·+8.8
2.[W]vsJulian David Gonzalez Zapata1,910·XV IRT Aficionados Raza Elo 1800 a 1999 Medellin 2025·R5·+8.4
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsYamil Octavio Mena CordobaCM1,857·XV IRT Aficionados Raza Elo 1800 a 1999 Medellin 2025·R4·-13.1
3.[L]vsJohnny Rafael Pacheco Gutierrez1,928·IRT Clasico de Semana Santa Kallpa Gran Desafio Sub 2000·R9·-11.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/8 | #7 | 1939 | -7.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/8 | #22 | 2035 | +15.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/8 | #3 | 2053 | +22.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #57 | 1870 | -17.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDaniel Eduardo Lopez IdarragaFM
🇨🇴COL·1993
+8 −10 =2
20 games·last met Aug 2025
View head-to-head →
vsJulian Andres GallegoFM
🇨🇴COL·2237
+1 −18 =0
19 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAndres Felipe Velasquez
🇨🇴COL·1990
+5 −10 =4
19 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsOscar Humberto ArdilaCM
🇨🇴COL·1956
+4 −10 =3
17 games·last met Oct 2025
View head-to-head →
vsDonaldo Londono LopezFM
🇨🇴COL·2216
+8 −5 =0
13 games·last met Aug 2025
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Colombia
#187
out of 2,950 players
Americas
#3,346
in continent
World
#31,660
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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