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Palma Villanueva, Miguel Tadeo
FM🇲🇽FIDE 5133483· Male· Mexico· Born in 2004
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Miguel Tadeo Palma Villanueva, a 22-year-old Mexican FIDE Master, is rated 2290 — just 14 short of his peak of 2304 (Feb 2024, age 20) and ranked 19th among Mexican players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Torneo de Entrenamiento Movimiento Maestro, Torneo Clasico Semanal Guillermo Haro Grupo B, and IRT Invitacional La Primavera del Peon. Also played 4 rapid (including GRAN COPA CHIAPAS JAGUAR DE AJEDREZ 2026, CATEGORIA JAGUAR (LIBRE)) and 6 blitz events (including Torneo Internacional de Blitz Carlos Torre Repetto 2025) recently. He took a 17-month break between Jul 2016 and Jan 2018. He reached Mexican #18 in Feb 2024.
Awarded FM in 2024 (age 20). At junior level, he reached #2, #1, #2, #9 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2290
Standard
Rpd2093·Blz2173
All-time high
2304
−14 pts below
Feb 2024 · age 20
Feb 2024 · age 20
Activity
45
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#19
#19 · Mexican players · of 2,262
Career timeline
18 entries2024
FM title awardedFM
at age 20
Apr 2024
Peak Mexican rank: #18
at age 20 · rated 2304
Feb 2024
2nd Mexican U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2304
Feb 2024
All-time peak 2304
at age 20 · −14 from today
Feb 2024
Crossed 2300
at age 20
Jan 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 19
Jun 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+23
2267 → 2290
Tournaments
4
36 games
Score
19/ 3652.8%
21W6D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 2049 | -1.2 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 2074 | -1.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 8.5/9 | #1 | 2552 | +36.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/6 | #5 | 2172 | -11.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSion Radamantys Galaviz MedinaGM
🇲🇽MEX·2513
+1 −8 =1
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLuis Carlos Paz Valera
🇲🇽MEX·2144
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsPaul Rosales Campos
🇲🇽MEX·2017
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met May 2023
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vsSamuel Santiago Colli Lopez
🇲🇽MEX·1939
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2022
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Rankings
/
Mexico
#19
out of 3,019 players
Americas
#490
in continent
World
#4,417
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Mexico
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| ... | ||
| 19 | 2,290 | |
Americas
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| ... | ||
| 490 | 2,290 | |
World
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| ... | ||
| 4417 | 2,290 | |