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PJ
Pimentel, Joel
IM🇵🇭FIDE 5204860· Male· Philippines
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Joel Pimentel, a Filipino International Master, is rated 2320 — his current career high and ranked 20th among Filipino players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +21 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: Chess Lab U2399 Classic Tournament and 31stAbuDhabiInternationalChess Festival-Open A. Also played 7 rapid (including 31st Sharjah International Chess Championship 2026 - Rapid) and 16 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 58 months (2007–2012), 15 months (2016–2017), 49 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included) and 43 months (2022–2025). He reached Filipino #14 in Apr 2022.
Awarded IM in 2012.
Current rating
2320
Standard
Rpd2340·Blz2428
All-time high
2320
at best
Oct 2025
Oct 2025
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#20
#20 · Filipino players · of 1,678
Career timeline
15 entries2025
All-time peak 2320
Oct 2025
Crossed 2300
Sep 2025
100 career games
Sep 2025
2022
Peak Filipino rank: #14
rated 2299
Apr 2022
Inactive for 43 months
paused at 2299 → returned at 2306
Jan 2022
2017
Inactive for 49 months
paused at 2273 → returned at 2299
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+21
2299 → 2320
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
13/ 1586.7%
12W2D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/6 | #1 | 2615 | +14.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRichilieu III SalcedoIM
🇵🇭PHI·2298
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAsghar GolizadehGM
🇮🇷IRI·2457
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsDarwin LayloGM
🇵🇭PHI·2358
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsRogelio Jr AntonioGM
🇵🇭PHI·2333
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsEduard HakobyanFM
🇺🇸USA·2371
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
Philippines
#20
out of 3,067 players
Asia-Pacific
#674
in continent
World
#3,462
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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