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Culasing, Michael
🇵🇭FIDE 5211174· Male· Philippines· Born in 1974
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Michael Culasing, a 52-year-old Filipino player, is rated 1743. He has slipped back 33 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 10th Johor Chess Open (Challenger) 2025, The Rooky Monthly Grand Prix August 2025 - Standard, and 1st Bangkok Summer International Chess Challenger 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including 12th Johor Open Rapid Dec 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Johor Festival Blitz 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 15 months (2012–2013), 18 months (2017–2018) and 16 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1909 was reached at age 37 (Mar 2011).
Current rating
1743
Standard
Rpd1788·Blz1804
All-time high
1909
−166 pts below
Mar 2011 · age 37
Mar 2011 · age 37
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#94,989
#94,989 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
16th Filipino 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 1792
Aug 2025
Best 12-month gain (+165 Elo)
1616 → 1781
Feb 2025
2023
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1616 → returned at 1780
Aug 2023
2022
10th Filipino 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 1670
Apr 2022
2017
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1826 → returned at 1781
May 2017
2015
100 career games
at age 41
Apr 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-31
1774 → 1743
Tournaments
3
23 games
Score
15.5/ 2367.4%
15W1D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsClayton Valentino Dharmanto1,796·1st Bangkok Summer International Chess Challenger 2025·R7·+10.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/8 | #31 | 1664 | -42.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/4 | #6 | 2294 | -7.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #4 | 1838 | +17.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRic Portugalera
🇵🇭PHI·1989
+3 −27 =8
38 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsJony HablaFM
🇵🇭PHI·2111
+0 −24 =1
25 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsEric Calacday
🇵🇭PHI·1863
+10 −8 =4
22 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsPoompong WiwatanadateFM
🇹🇭THA·2070
+3 −17 =1
21 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsKai Tuorila
🇹🇭THA·1793
+7 −11 =0
18 games·last met May 2015
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Rankings
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Philippines
#562
out of 3,067 players
Asia-Pacific
#12,197
in continent
World
#94,987
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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