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Acevedo Mendez, Lisseth
WIM🇮🇸FIDE 6502938· Female· Iceland· Born in 1993
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Lisseth Acevedo Mendez, a 33-year-old Icelandic Woman International Master, is rated 1858. She has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 7 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4. Also played 2 rapid events (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) recently. She took a 12-month break between Nov 2017 and Dec 2018. Her peak of 1893 was reached at age 24 (May 2017).
Competes for Iceland since Dec 2019. Awarded WIM in 2017 (age 24). At junior level, she reached #7 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1858
Standard
Rpd1858·Blz1848
All-time high
1893
−35 pts below
May 2017 · age 24
May 2017 · age 24
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#59,176
#59,176 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+87 Elo)
1795 → 1882
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 31
Mar 2024
2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 29
Nov 2022
2021
Re-crossed 1800
at age 28
Nov 2021
2020
30th Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 27 · rated 1845
Oct 2020
2019
Switched federation: CRC → ISL
at age 26
Dec 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-13
1871 → 1858
Tournaments
4
18 games
Score
7.5/ 1841.7%
6W3D9L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsMagnus Kristinsson1,814·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R1·+8.8
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/7 | #243 | 1897 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0.5/3 | #49 | 1794 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #41 | 2614 | +9.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2.5/7 | #63 | 1768 | -25.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMaria Elena Rodriguez ArrietaWIM
🇨🇷CRC·1963
+3 −2 =6
11 games·last met Jul 2019
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vsJennifer Acevedo MendezWFM
🇨🇷CRC·1872
+5 −0 =4
9 games·last met Nov 2016
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsJohanna Bjorg JohannsdottirWCM
🇮🇸ISL·1970
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsNeeshmy Nunez GonzalezWCM
🇨🇷CRC·1898
+2 −0 =5
7 games·last met Nov 2016
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#191
out of 643 players
Europe
#43,348
in continent
World
#59,175
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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