Taylor Rodriguez, Juan Jose

Juan Jose Taylor Rodriguez, a 21-year-old Mexican Candidate Master, is rated 2141 — just 18 short of his peak of 2159 (Aug 2025, age 20) and sitting in the top 3% of Mexican players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2039 and 2159 over the past 2 years. 30 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include LXXI Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez. Expertos, Torneo North American Junior Chess Championship U20 Abs, and TERCERA EDICION DEL CAMPEONATO NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ "AGUASCALIENTES 2025" Expertos. Also played 4 rapid (including Olimpiada Nacional 2025. Sub 20 Mixto. Rapido 15) and 2 blitz events (including Olimpiada Nacional 2025. Sub 20 Mixto. Blitz 5) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2018–2019) and 37 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). He reached Mexican #56 in Jun 2025.

Awarded CM in 2017 (age 12). At junior level, he reached #2, #5, #7 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.