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Perez Tangarife, Simon
FM🇨🇴FIDE 4492994· Male· Colombia· Born in 2009
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Simon Perez Tangarife, a 17-year-old Colombian FIDE Master, is rated 2109 — just 4 short of his peak of 2113 (Feb 2025, age 16) and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +82 Elo over the past 12 months. 57 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Nacional Sub 18 Absoluto 2026, XXXI Torneo Internacional Clasico Feria de Manizales 2026, and Festival Sudamericano de la Juventud 2025 - Sub 18 Abs Ajedrez Clasico. Also played 5 rapid (including FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2025) and 11 blitz events (including Torneo Mundialista de Blitz 2025) recently. He reached Colombian #78 in May 2026.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #4, #2, #8 and #32 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2109
Standard
Rpd1986·Blz2113
All-time high
2113
−4 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 16
Feb 2025 · age 16
Activity
71
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
57 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#14,563 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Peak Colombian rank: #78
at age 17 · rated 2109
May 2026
4th Colombian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2109
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
Nov 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 16
Sep 2025
2nd Colombian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2113
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+76
2033 → 2109
Tournaments
6
50 games
Score
28.5/ 5057.0%
22W13D15L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJuan Jose Cano AlcarazFM2,287·XXXI Torneo Internacional Clasico Feria de Manizales 2026·R4·+29.7
3.[W]vsJulian Andres GallegoFM2,228·XXXI Torneo Internacional Clasico Feria de Manizales 2026·R5·+26.9
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/7 | #6 | 2099 | +6.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/8 | #16 | 2173 | +61.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/9 | #25 | 1998 | -14.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #16 | 2138 | +65.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/9 | #11 | 1982 | -1.5 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/8 | #54 | 1938 | -39.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJuan Sebastian Negron LizarazoCM
🇨🇴COL·1921
+5 −0 =3
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsEsteban Alb Valderrama QuicenoIM
🇨🇴COL·2376
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAndres Fernandez Herrera
🇨🇴COL·2029
+7 −0 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSantiago Loaiza Cuervo
🇨🇴COL·2120
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAngel Gabriel Cordoba RoaIM
🇨🇴COL·2359
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
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Colombia
#78
out of 2,941 players
Americas
#1,513
in continent
World
#14,563
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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