Marcos, Marvin

Marvin Marcos, a 39-year-old Filipino player, is rated 2018. He is progressing steadily with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 75 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include UW Mall Classic Tournament, Chess Lab EID Classic Tournament., and UW Mall Classic U2200 Chess Tournament by iMaster Chess. Also played 11 rapid (including UAE Teams Cup Open Tournament) and 7 blitz events (including UAE National Day Team Chess Championship 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2014–2015) and 63 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2149 was reached at age 29 (Oct 2016); he also reached Filipino #67 in Mar 2017.