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Castro, Josh Edmar
🇵🇭FIDE 5220599· Male· Philippines· Born in 2006
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Josh Edmar Castro, a 20-year-old Filipino player, is rated 1659 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 14 months (2018–2020), 36 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: 9th AQ Prime Standard Open Chess Tournament and PRO-FX STANDARD FIDE RATED TOURNAMENT. Also played 2 rapid events (including PRO-FX OPEN FIDE RATED CHESS TOURNAMENT) recently.
At junior level, he reached #88, #58, #31, #24 and #18 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1659
Standard
Rpd1726·Blz1787
All-time high
1659
at best
May 2026 · age 20
May 2026 · age 20
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#124,432
#124,432 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 1659
at age 20
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 20
May 2026
2025
88th Filipino U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1633
Aug 2025
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1633 → returned at 1627
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+260 Elo)
1375 → 1635
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 18
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+26
1633 → 1659
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
6.5/ 1159.1%
5W3D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/4 | #29 | 2604 | +32.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/4 | #18 | 1799 | -6.0 |
Rankings
/
Philippines
#855
out of 3,060 players
Asia-Pacific
#18,027
in continent
World
#124,426
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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