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Loaiza Cuervo, Santiago
🇨🇴FIDE 4486820· Male· Colombia· Born in 2004
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Santiago Loaiza Cuervo, a 22-year-old Colombian player, is rated 2120 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of Colombian players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +64 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XV IRT Internacional Raza Medellin 2025, Semifinal de Mayores Absoluto Pre Selectivo Final Nacional Selectivo Olimpiada Uzbekistan 2025, and XXXII IRT Internacional Feria de las Flores 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including Torneo IRT Abierto Preparatorio Juegos Nacionales Rapido 2025) and 7 blitz events (including I IRT Blitz Feria de las Flores 2025) recently. He reached Colombian #71 in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #5, #5 and #11 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2120
Standard
Rpd1975·Blz1996
All-time high
2120
at best
Nov 2025 · age 21
Nov 2025 · age 21
Activity
58
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#72 · Colombian players · of 1,540
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Peak Colombian rank: #71
at age 22 · rated 2120
May 2026
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 21
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2120
at age 21
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 20
Sep 2024
2023
5th Colombian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2079
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+64
2056 → 2120
Tournaments
3
24 games
Score
15.5/ 2464.6%
15W1D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/7 | #17 | 2221 | +23.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #23 | 2149 | +21.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/8 | #21 | 2152 | +20.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsEsteban Alb Valderrama QuicenoIM
🇨🇴COL·2383
+0 −10 =0
10 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAngel Gabriel Cordoba RoaIM
🇨🇴COL·2326
+1 −8 =0
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSantiago Ospina CastroFM
🇨🇴COL·2147
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSimon Perez TangarifeFM
🇨🇴COL·2109
+5 −1 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsSebastian Ortiz Monsalve
🇨🇴COL·2042
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Colombia
#72
out of 2,950 players
Americas
#1,436
in continent
World
#13,621
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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