Format
RR
Rueda Rojas, Richard Alejandro
FM🇨🇴FIDE 4491505· Male· Colombia· Born in 2010
Follow Richard Alejandro Rueda RojasTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Richard Alejandro Rueda Rojas, a 16-year-old Colombian FIDE Master, is rated 2155 and sitting in the top 3% of Colombian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +65 Elo over the past 12 months. 73 rated games in the past year (≈67/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XV Campeonato Panamericano U7 - U17 de Ajedrez 2026 U17 Absoluto, Campeonato Nacional Sub 18 Absoluto 2026, and IRT 200 Anos Colegio Nacional Universitario del Socorro. Also played 11 rapid (including FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2025) and 9 blitz events (including Torneo IRT Blitz de Ajedrez Social In Memoriam Luis Eduardo Hernandez Fierro) recently. His peak of 2186 was reached at age 15 (Nov 2025, Colombian #46 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 15). At junior level, he reached #2, #3, #2 and #5 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2155
Standard
Rpd2173·Blz2183
All-time high
2186
−31 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 15
Nov 2025 · age 15
Activity
103
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
73 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#53 · Colombian players · of 1,540
Career timeline
19 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
May 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
Mar 2026
2025
Peak Colombian rank: #46
at age 15 · rated 2186
Nov 2025
2nd Colombian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2186
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2186
at age 15 · −31 from today
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 15
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+65
2090 → 2155
Tournaments
10
74 games
Score
51.5/ 7469.6%
45W13D16L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsCristhian Yamil Reyes ZavaletaFM2,261·XV Campeonato Panamericano U7 - U17 de Ajedrez 2026 U17 Absoluto·R4·+25.9
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsPercy Eduardo Gutarra Minaya1,687·Festival Sudamericano de la Juventud 2025 - Sub 16 Abs Ajedrez Clasico·R7·-34.2
2.[L]vsJose Gabriel Casares Contreras1,963·Torneo IRT de Ajedrez Social In Memoriam Luis Eduardo Hernandez Fierro·R5·-28.5
3.[L]vsSergio Rafael Suarez PintoCM2,020·IRT Campeonato Departamental de Santander 2024-2025·R7·-27.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/9 | #8 | 2137 | -0.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2436 | +100.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/5 | #1 | 2647 | +41.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/6 | #36 | 1974 | +2.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #5 | 2021 | +15.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/9 | #35 | 1806 | -126.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/7 | #11 | 1999 | -66.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2219 | +38.8 |
Worst Elo result: Festival Sudamericano de la Juventud 2025 - Sub 16 Abs Ajedrez Clasico (-126.0 Elo, finished #35).
Most-Played Opponents
vsHugo Andres Gonzalez Delgado
🇨🇴COL·2078
+5 −12 =3
20 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsJuan Jose Gonzalez Bolivar
🇨🇴COL·2086
+11 −7 =2
20 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsAnthony Steve Madrigal Montagutt
🇨🇴COL·2079
+10 −3 =5
18 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsWilson Guillermo Palencia MoralesIM
🇨🇴COL·2217
+1 −13 =4
18 games·last met Feb 2025
View head-to-head →
vsJeronimo Becker Newmark
🇨🇴COL·1939
+13 −1 =3
17 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Colombia
#53
out of 2,950 players
Americas
#1,164
in continent
World
#10,918
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Colombia
| 1 | 🇨🇴Follow Jose Gabriel Cardoso CardosoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,527 |
| 2 | 🇨🇴Follow Santiago Avila PavasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,516 |
| 3 | 🇨🇴Follow Jaime Alexander CuartasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,497 |
| 4 | 🇨🇴Follow Roberto Garcia PantojaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,475 |
| 5 | 🇨🇴Follow Joshua Daniel Ruiz CastilloTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,474 |
| 6 | 🇨🇴Follow Sergio E BarrientosTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,467 |
| 7 | 🇨🇴Follow Santiago Lopez RayoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,418 |
| 8 | 🇨🇴Follow Cristhian Camilo Rios GomezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,405 |
| 9 | 🇨🇴Follow Martin Martinez RomeroTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,403 |
| 10 | 🇨🇴Follow Sebastian Felipe SanchezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,390 |
| ... | ||
| 53 | 2,155 | |
Americas
| 1 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 1 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸Follow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,742 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸Follow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,732 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸Follow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,724 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Follow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,696 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸Follow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,696 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,656 |
| 10 | 🇺🇸Follow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,653 |
| ... | ||
| 1164 | 2,155 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 10918 | 2,155 | |