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Cortes Espana, Diego Alejandro
🇨🇴FIDE 4497163· Male· Colombia· Born in 2014
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Diego Alejandro Cortes Espana, a 12-year-old Colombian player, is rated 1506. He has fluctuated between 1469 and 1630 over the past 2 years. 26 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Nacional Sub 18 Absoluto 2026, Campeonato Nacional Sub 12 Absoluto COL 2026, and XXXI Torneo Internacional Clasico Feria de Manizales 2026. Also played 6 rapid (including IRT Ajedrez Rapido por Equipos Gran Circuito de Ajedrez de Risaralda 2025) and 2 blitz events (including IRT Blitz Gran Circuito de Ajedrez del Risaralda 2025) recently. His peak of 1630 was reached at age 12 (Jan 2026).
At junior level, he reached #11 and #7 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1506
Standard
Rpd1743·Blz1591
All-time high
1630
−124 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 12
Jan 2026 · age 12
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#183,439
#183,439 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
11th Colombian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1630
Jan 2026
All-time peak 1630
at age 12 · −124 from today
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 1600
at age 11
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 11
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 11
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+331 Elo)
1170 → 1501
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Festival Sudamericano de la Juventud 2025 - Sub 12 Abs Ajedrez Clasicoperf 1950 (+320) · 5/6 · #37
Top opponent
Evolution
+17
1489 → 1506
Tournaments
5
36 games
Score
17/ 3647.2%
15W4D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/4 | #40 | 1833 | -42.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #32 | 1641 | -76.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/5 | #134 | 1849 | -6.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/6 | #37 | 1950 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/6 | #15 | 1927 | +125.2 |
Rankings
/
Colombia
#1,354
out of 2,950 players
Americas
#22,283
in continent
World
#183,388
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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