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Villa Tornero, Alex
IM🇪🇸FIDE 54501091· Male· Spain· Born in 2010
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Alex Villa Tornero, a 16-year-old Spanish International Master, is rated 2448 — his current career high and ranked 1st among Spanish players under 16, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +229 Elo over the past 12 months. 91 rated games in the past year (≈95/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Open Chess Menorca 2026, Campionat de Catalunya Individual per Edats 2026 - Sub16, and Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 9. Also played 18 rapid (including II Campeonato Iberoamericano de Ajedrez Rapido 2025) and 12 blitz events (including V Blitz Chess Menorca 2026) recently. He reached Spanish #34 in May 2026.
Awarded IM in 2026 (age 16), FM in 2023 (age 13), and CM in 2023 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #30 in U16, World #11 in U14, World #24 in U12, World #16 in U10 and World #29 in U8.
Current rating
2448
Standard
Rpd2417·Blz2421
All-time high
2448
at best
May 2026 · age 16
May 2026 · age 16
Activity
110
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
91 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · Spanish players under 16 · of 1,056
Career timeline
22 entries2026
Peak Spanish rank: #34
at age 16 · rated 2448
May 2026
30th U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2448
May 2026
IM title awardedIM
at age 16 · 2026 1st FIDE Council
May 2026
All-time peak 2448
at age 16
May 2026
8-month rising streak
+61 Elo
May 2026
2025
Crossed 2400
at age 15
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+237
2211 → 2448
Tournaments
19
89 games
Score
67.5/ 8975.8%
59W17D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #80 | 2498 | +9.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 8.5/9 | #1 | 2537 | +7.3 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #34 | 2933 | +1.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #15 | — | +0.3 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #469 | 3076 | +3.0 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #7 | — | +2.7 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #222 | 3232 | +5.2 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #49 | — | -2.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #2 | — | +2.9 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #11 | — | +2.2 |
Hot streak: 7 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsHugo Uber GraciaFM
🇪🇸ESP·2298
+8 −5 =5
18 games·last met May 2026
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vsMiguel MunozGM
🇵🇪PER·2316
+4 −5 =7
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsDaniel Salinas TomasFM
🇪🇸ESP·2340
+4 −6 =4
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsXavier Mompel FerruzFM
🇬🇶GEQ·2352
+9 −3 =1
13 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsGerard Ayats LloberaIM
🇪🇸ESP·2444
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
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Spain
#34
out of 20,270 players
Europe
#622
in continent
World
#1,033
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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