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Garcia Mendez, Engels Vladimir
🇨🇴FIDE 4409566· Male· Colombia· Born in 1993
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Engels Vladimir Garcia Mendez, a 33-year-old Colombian player, is rated 1889. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 18 months (2013–2014) and 60 months (2018–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: II IRT de la Kombatividad Kallpa Clasico. Also played 13 rapid (including Torneo IRT Abierto Reyes del Bulevar) and 3 blitz events (including IRT Kallpa Blitz Noviembre 2025) recently. His peak of 1996 was reached at age 25 (Jan 2018).
At junior level, he reached #35 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1889
Standard
Rpd2069·Blz2061
All-time high
1996
−107 pts below
Jan 2018 · age 25
Jan 2018 · age 25
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#50,821
#50,821 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
100 career games
at age 32
May 2025
2023
92nd Colombian 20-35 player
at age 30 · rated 1956
Aug 2023
2018
All-time peak 1996
at age 25 · −107 from today
Jan 2018
Inactive for 60 months
paused at 1996 → returned at 1956
Jan 2018
2017
Best 12-month gain (+65 Elo)
1917 → 1982
May 2017
2014
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 21
Dec 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-38
1927 → 1889
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2.5/ 550.0%
1W3D1L
Top 1 win
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #36 | 1577 | -38.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMiller Duvan Dominguez RinconFM
🇨🇴COL·2025
+4 −5 =1
10 games·last met Jun 2026
View head-to-head →
vsSoren Federico Obando GuzmanFM
🇨🇴COL·2177
+2 −7 =1
10 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsYamil Octavio Mena CordobaCM
🇨🇴COL·1838
+4 −6 =0
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsDany Andres Bejarano
🇨🇴COL·1939
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsHernando Guerrero Avila
🇨🇴COL·1708
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Colombia
#326
out of 2,950 players
Americas
#5,606
in continent
World
#50,820
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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