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Montes Orozco, Miguel Angel
FM🇲🇽FIDE 5159989· Male· Mexico· Born in 2007
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Miguel Angel Montes Orozco, a 19-year-old Mexican FIDE Master, is rated 2295 — just 17 short of his peak of 2312 (Oct 2025, age 18) and ranked 18th among Mexican players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2129 and 2312 over the past 2 years. 71 rated games in the past year (≈58/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Olimpiada Nacional 2026 17-20 Varonil Estandar, LXXI Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez. Internacional, and Olimpiada Nacional 2026. Region IV. Sub 20 Var. Also played 7 rapid (including Olimpiada Nacional 2025. Sub 20 Mixto. Rapido 15) and 8 blitz events (including Copa Independencia 2025 Blitz) recently. He reached Mexican #14 in May 2025.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 18) and CM in 2023 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1, #1 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2295
Standard
Rpd2203·Blz2202
All-time high
2312
−17 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 18
Oct 2025 · age 18
Activity
78
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
71 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#18
#18 · Mexican players · of 2,262
Career timeline
23 entries2026
1st Mexican U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2305
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 19
Apr 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 18
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2312
at age 18 · −9 from today
Oct 2025
Peak Mexican rank: #14
at age 18 · rated 2306
May 2025
1st Mexican U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2306
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
XIX American Continental Chess Championship 2026 - "Jorge Vega Fernandez in Memoriam" · Jun 2026 · +7.2 Elo
Evolution
+2
2293 → 2295
Tournaments
10
82 games
Score
49.5/ 8260.4%
46W20D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #8 | 2228 | -8.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/9 | #15 | 2265 | -1.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #1 | 2344 | +6.4 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 5/5 | #1 | 2699 | +9.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2283 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/11 | #74 | 2181 | -30.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/8 | #15 | 2345 | +18.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/6 | #1 | 2308 | +3.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGabriel Abraham Ruiz Ortiz
🇲🇽MEX·1991
+15 −0 =1
16 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsCarlos Francisco Varela VelazquezFM
🇲🇽MEX·2269
+3 −2 =10
15 games·last met May 2026
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vsMiguel Angel Lopez Garcia
🇲🇽MEX·2217
+9 −3 =3
15 games·last met May 2026
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vsAndrey Gonzalez ZharikovFM
🇲🇽MEX·2212
+8 −2 =4
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsAndres Elias May SanchezCM
🇲🇽MEX·2122
+6 −3 =4
13 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Mexico
#18
out of 3,019 players
Americas
#473
in continent
World
#4,278
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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