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Herrero Pena, Laura
WCM🇪🇸FIDE 54540194· Female· Spain· Born in 2010
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Laura Herrero Pena, a 16-year-old Spanish Woman Candidate Master, is rated 2045 — her current career high and ranked 41st among Spanish women, and in the top 10% worldwide. She is rising rapidly, having gained +214 Elo over the past 12 months. 96 rated games in the past year (≈72/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato de Andalucia Absoluto-Sub18 2026, 52 Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda 2026, and Preferente por Equipos de Cordoba 2026 Rondas 4-6. Also played 7 rapid events (including CE Individual Absoluto Ajedrez Rapido 2025) recently.
Awarded WCM in 2026 (age 16). At junior level, she reached World #63 in U8 and #65, #60, #36 and #23 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2045
Standard
Rpd1754·Blz1728
All-time high
2045
at best
May 2026 · age 16
May 2026 · age 16
Activity
93
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
87 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#41
#41 · Spanish women · of 979
Career timeline
15 entries2026
WCM title awardedWCM
at age 16
Jun 2026
65th Spanish U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2045
May 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 16
May 2026
All-time peak 2045
at age 16
May 2026
2025
500 career games
at age 15
Jun 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 14
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+221
1824 → 2045
Tournaments
18
97 games
Score
52.5/ 9754.1%
46W21D30L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsIsidoro Real Arenas1,764·III Open Internacional de Ajedrez Sub-2400 Hotel Oasis Cordoba 2026·R2·-25.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/7 | #17 | 2250 | +106.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/8 | #149 | 1897 | -26.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #26 | 2772 | +22.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #27 | 2547 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/4 | #1 | 2644 | +77.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/3 | #33 | 2476 | -37.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/7 | #16 | 1771 | -50.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/7 | #49 | 1924 | -9.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/6 | #21 | 2030 | +42.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #38 | 1220 | -10.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJorge Carrillo Haro
🇪🇸ESP·1969
+3 −7 =3
13 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsEduardo Cesar Maestre
🇪🇸ESP·1960
+1 −12 =0
13 games·last met May 2026
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vsJavier Martin Sanchez
🇪🇸ESP·2106
+0 −10 =2
12 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJavier Merino Ferrer
🇪🇸ESP·1773
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsPatricio Hidalgo Arellano
🇪🇸ESP·1903
+0 −8 =1
9 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
/
Spain
#1,687
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#15,690
in continent
World
#21,359
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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