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Lopez Garcia, Miguel Angel
🇲🇽FIDE 5149916· Male· Mexico· Born in 2008
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Miguel Angel Lopez Garcia, a 18-year-old Mexican player, is rated 2098 and ranked 9th among Mexican players under 18, and in the top 7% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +32 Elo over the past 12 months. 72 rated games in the past year (≈77/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include LXXI Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez. Internacional, Olimpiada Nacional 2026. Region IV. Sub 20 Var, and Olimpiada Nacional 2026 Etapa Estatal Queretaro E2 Sub 20V. Also played 1 rapid (including Torneo Rapido "GENS UNA SUMUS") and 3 blitz events (including Blitz Nocturnos Queretaro 2026 - II) recently. His peak of 2159 was reached at age 16 (Sep 2024, Mexican #52 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #6, #2 and #2 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2098
Standard
Rpd2067·Blz2171
All-time high
2159
−61 pts below
Sep 2024 · age 16
Sep 2024 · age 16
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
72 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Mexican players under 18 · of 252
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Apr 2026
2025
6th Mexican U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2115
Jan 2025
2024
Peak Mexican rank: #52
at age 16 · rated 2159
Sep 2024
All-time peak 2159
at age 16 · −61 from today
Sep 2024
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Jun 2024
2nd Mexican U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2099
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
I Campeonato Nacional e Internacional de Ajedrez Monterrey 2025 - Sub 17perf 2523 (+452) · 5/5 · #2
Top opponent
Evolution
+32
2066 → 2098
Tournaments
13
75 games
Score
46.5/ 7562.0%
37W19D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/8 | #63 | 2280 | +69.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #4 | 2152 | +44.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 2.5/4 | #3 | 2095 | +27.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/6 | #27 | 2001 | -16.9 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0.5/3 | #56 | 1783 | -40.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #8 | 1837 | -41.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/5 | #1 | 1941 | -14.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/5 | #2 | 2523 | +12.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/7 | #20 | 2066 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/7 | #22 | 1874 | -74.8 |
Worst Elo result: XIV Torneo Internacional y Nacional Abierto de Ajedrez de la Ciudad de Mexico. Morelos (-74.8 Elo, finished #22).
Most-Played Opponents
vsMiguel Angel Montes OrozcoFM
🇲🇽MEX·2303
+2 −9 =3
14 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSantiago Zacarias RodriguezFM
🇲🇽MEX·2222
+3 −3 =5
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAndrey Gonzalez ZharikovFM
🇲🇽MEX·2233
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMatias Uziel Alvarado Rubio
🇲🇽MEX·1942
+2 −1 =5
8 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsMiguel Angel Carrillo Fonseca
🇲🇽MEX·1948
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Mexico
#100
out of 3,007 players
Americas
#1,621
in continent
World
#15,583
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Mexico
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| 100 | 2,098 | |
Americas
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World
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