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Salinas Cardenas, Rodrigo Salvador
CM🇲🇽FIDE 5180589· Male· Mexico· Born in 2009
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Rodrigo Salvador Salinas Cardenas, a 17-year-old Mexican Candidate Master, is rated 2229 — his current career high and ranked 2nd among Mexican players under 18, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +179 Elo over the past 12 months. 76 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Olimpiada Nacional 2026 17-20 Varonil Estandar, XV Campeonato Panamericano U7 - U17 de Ajedrez 2026 U17 Absoluto, and LXXI Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez. Internacional. Also played 5 rapid (including Olimpiada Nacional 2026 17-20 Rapido 15) and 6 blitz events (including Torneo Internacional de Blitz Carlos Torre Repetto 2025) recently. He reached Mexican #56 in May 2026.
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 15). At junior level, he reached #5, #3, #5 and #6 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2229
Standard
Rpd2000·Blz1993
All-time high
2229
at best
Jun 2026 · age 17
Jun 2026 · age 17
Activity
67
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
76 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#2
#2 · Mexican players under 18 · of 243
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Crossed 2200
at age 17
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2229
at age 17
Jun 2026
Peak Mexican rank: #56
at age 17 · rated 2163
May 2026
5th Mexican U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2163
May 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Jan 2026
2025
3rd Mexican U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2071
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
TERCERA EDICION DEL CAMPEONATO NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ "AGUASCALIENTES 2025" · Aug 2025 · +16.9 Elo
Evolution
+179
2050 → 2229
Tournaments
9
72 games
Score
41/ 7256.9%
29W24D19L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAbel Fabian Lopez GonzalezIM2,396·LXXI Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez. Internacional·R2·+31.7
2.[W]vsGerardo Antonio Gracia AlvarezFM2,242·TERCERA EDICION DEL CAMPEONATO NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ "AGUASCALIENTES 2025"·R4·+30.8
3.[W]vsCarlos Alfredo Noriega Castaneda2,006·Olimpiada Nacional 2025. Sub 16 Varonil. Estandar·R3·+19.5
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAdriano Jaffet Levano LoayzaCM2,072·XV Campeonato Panamericano U7 - U17 de Ajedrez 2026 U17 Absoluto·R8·-28.5
2.[L]vsIbarra Carlos RobertoFM2,202·XV Campeonato Panamericano U7 - U17 de Ajedrez 2026 U17 Absoluto·R6·-21.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #5 | 2196 | +14.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 7/9 | #2 | 2274 | +51.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/9 | #38 | 2224 | +55.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | #33 | 2177 | +35.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/6 | #3 | 2198 | +43.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/11 | #103 | 1999 | -29.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/8 | #22 | 2094 | +26.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #29 | 2060 | +18.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/5 | #20 | 2049 | -36.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIlan Said Gonzalez Sanchez
🇲🇽MEX·2110
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMiguel Angel Lopez Garcia
🇲🇽MEX·2217
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsMiguel Arnulfo Zaragoza AlanisCM
🇲🇽MEX·2221
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsJob Chavez Ramirez
🇲🇽MEX·1763
+5 −0 =2
7 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsLuigi Guadalupe Terres Balderrama
🇲🇽MEX·2025
+2 −1 =3
6 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Mexico
#36
out of 3,019 players
Americas
#755
in continent
World
#6,727
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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