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Merelos, Melvin
🇵🇭FIDE 5201691· Male· Philippines
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Melvin Merelos, a Filipino player, is rated 2170 — his current career high and ranked 48th among Filipino players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 71 months (2002–2008) and 205 months (2008–2025). Recent appearance: 2025 Philippine National Semifinals Chess Championship Men's Division. Also played 7 rapid events (including VICTOR A. DOMINGO CHESS CLASSIC 1st FIDE Rated Rapid Open Chess Tournament 2025) recently. He reached Filipino #34 in Oct 2002.
Current rating
2170
Standard
Rpd2032·Blz2066
All-time high
2170
at best
Dec 2025
Dec 2025
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#48
#48 · Filipino players · of 1,654
Career timeline
9 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+38 Elo)
2132 → 2170
Dec 2025
All-time peak 2170
Dec 2025
2008
Inactive for 205 months
paused at 2132 → returned at 2170
Oct 2008
2002
Peak Filipino rank: #34
rated 2141
Oct 2002
Crossed 2100
Oct 2002
Crossed 2000
Oct 2002
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
2025 Philippine National Semifinals Chess Championship Men's Divisionperf 2229 (+59) · 5/7 · #5
Top opponent
Evolution
+38
2132 → 2170
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
5/ 771.4%
5W0D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsRonald BancodIM2,112·2025 Philippine National Semifinals Chess Championship Men's Division·R5·+16.7
2.[W]vsManasseh Jao2,007·2025 Philippine National Semifinals Chess Championship Men's Division·R4·+11.2
3.[W]vsAllen Mirano1,958·2025 Philippine National Semifinals Chess Championship Men's Division·R3·+9.1
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsMark Jay BacojoIM2,298·2025 Philippine National Semifinals Chess Championship Men's Division·R7·-12.9
2.[L]vsMichael Jr. ConcioIM2,397·2025 Philippine National Semifinals Chess Championship Men's Division·R6·-8.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/7 | #5 | 2229 | +38.0 |
Rankings
Philippines
#48
out of 3,060 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,510
in continent
World
#9,891
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Asia-Pacific
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World
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| 9891 | 2,170 | |