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Celis Vargas, Walter Enrique
🇨🇴FIDE 4426533· Male· Colombia· Born in 1957
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Walter Enrique Celis Vargas, a 69-year-old Colombian player, is rated 1722 — just 27 short of his peak of 1749 (Dec 2024, age 67). He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Distrital Amateur Categoria Sub-2300 Absoluto, XXXI Torneo Internacional Clasico Feria de Manizales 2026, and Torneo IRT Clasico Navideno Bogota DC. Also played 1 rapid (including 10mo IRT Centro Comercial AV. Chile Torneo de Clubes, empresas, colegios y universidades 2025) and 1 blitz events (including XXXI Torneo Internacional Blitz Feria de Manizales 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2014–2015) and 13 months (2022–2024).
Current rating
1722
Standard
Rpd1736·Blz1716
All-time high
1749
−27 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 67
Dec 2024 · age 67
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#102,130
#102,130 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+167 Elo)
1582 → 1749
Dec 2024
All-time peak 1749
at age 67 · −27 from today
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 67
Mar 2024
2023
32nd Colombian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1582
Jan 2023
2022
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1582 → returned at 1579
Nov 2022
2018
36th Colombian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1709
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-7
1729 → 1722
Tournaments
3
20 games
Score
8.5/ 2042.5%
6W5D9L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsCarlos Andres Marulanda1,807·Campeonato Distrital Amateur Categoria Sub-2300 Absoluto·R4·+12.4
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsDavid Alejandro Vargas Diaz1,888·Campeonato Distrital Amateur Categoria Sub-2300 Absoluto·R1·-5.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/6 | #15 | 1807 | +14.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/2 | #131 | 2276 | -12.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #110 | 1953 | -9.6 |
Rankings
/
Colombia
#737
out of 2,950 players
Americas
#12,159
in continent
World
#102,128
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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