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Islas Alvarez, Luis Angel
🇲🇽FIDE 5146429· Male· Mexico· Born in 2008
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Luis Angel Islas Alvarez, a 18-year-old Mexican player, is rated 1798 — just 22 short of his peak of 1820 (Oct 2024, age 16). He is on a steady climb with +75 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent appearances: IRT Round Robin Invitacional La Primavera del Peon Grupo C and IRT El Peon y la Belleza. He had 2 career breaks: 18 months (2018–2020) and 36 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #47, #30, #55, #11 and #4 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1798
Standard
Rpd1847·Blz1833
All-time high
1820
−22 pts below
Oct 2024 · age 16
Oct 2024 · age 16
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#76,990
#76,990 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
47th Mexican U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1801
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Mar 2026
2024
30th Mexican U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1820
Oct 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Oct 2024
All-time peak 1820
at age 16 · −22 from today
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+475 Elo)
1217 → 1692
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+75
1723 → 1798
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
7.5/ 1262.5%
6W3D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAndrea Fatima Avila Bautista1,711·IRT Round Robin Invitacional La Primavera del Peon Grupo C·R6·-24.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3.5/6 | #7 | 1789 | -2.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #9 | 1963 | +76.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsEduardo Lopez Carrillo
🇲🇽MEX·1701
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsCitlalli Hurtado Montiel
🇲🇽MEX·1742
+7 −2 =0
9 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsMatias Uziel Alvarado Rubio
🇲🇽MEX·1944
+3 −4 =2
9 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsMiguel Angel Delgadillo Hernandez
🇲🇽MEX·1716
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsNoe Alvarado Zuniga
🇲🇽MEX·1689
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Mar 2025
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Rankings
/
Mexico
#677
out of 3,019 players
Americas
#8,860
in continent
World
#76,989
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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| 677 | 1,798 | |
Americas
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| 8860 | 1,798 | |
World
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| 76989 | 1,798 | |