Format
VG
Vargas Gomez, Rafael Apolinar
🇩🇴FIDE 6403034· Male· Dominican Republic· Born in 1947
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Rafael Apolinar Vargas Gomez, a 79-year-old player, is rated 1789 — just 11 short of his peak of 1800 (Jun 2025, age 78). He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2016–2017), 40 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: Torneo Provincial de Santiago 2026. Also played 2 rapid events (including Rapido WC) recently.
Current rating
1789
Standard
Rpd1766·Blz1808
All-time high
1800
−11 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 78
Jun 2025 · age 78
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#79,811
#79,811 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
1st 75-80 player nationally
at age 78 · rated 1800
Dec 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 78
Jun 2025
All-time peak 1800
at age 78 · −11 from today
Jun 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+95 Elo)
1702 → 1797
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1662 → returned at 1800
Jun 2023
2020
3rd 70-75 player nationally
at age 73 · rated 1702
Oct 2020
Rankings
/
Dominican Republic
#189
out of 544 players
Americas
#9,244
in continent
World
#79,809
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Dominican Republic
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