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Carvajal Pena, Daniel
🇨🇷FIDE 6504612· Male· Costa Rica· Born in 1998
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Daniel Carvajal Pena, a 28-year-old player, is rated 1875. He has slipped back 35 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XLVI Metropolitano Torneo Internacional 2025 A, I Open CRChess-Montes de Oca 2025 - Grupo A, and Primer Torneo Clasificatorio del Campeonato Nacional Absoluto 2025-26. Also played 3 rapid (including Torneo Rapid por equipos Por La Plata VI) and 5 blitz events (including XLVI Metropolitano Torneo Internacional 2025 Blitz) recently. He took a 31-month break between Feb 2020 and Oct 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2013 was reached at age 26 (Feb 2024, #21 nationally at the time).
At junior level, he reached #4, #4 and #6 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1875
Standard
Rpd1897·Blz1920
All-time high
2013
−138 pts below
Feb 2024 · age 26
Feb 2024 · age 26
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#54,478
#54,478 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
Peak national rank: #21
at age 26 · rated 2013
Mar 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 26
Feb 2024
All-time peak 2013
at age 26 · −138 from today
Feb 2024
2020
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 1929 → returned at 1931
Feb 2020
2018
4th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1927
Jan 2018
2017
Best 12-month gain (+106 Elo)
1770 → 1876
Jun 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-36
1911 → 1875
Tournaments
4
34 games
Score
12/ 3435.3%
13W5D16L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsRodrigo Avendano PorrasCM1,973·Primer Torneo Clasificatorio del Campeonato Nacional Absoluto 2025-26·R3·+12.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/8 | #37 | 1802 | -24.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #7 | 1953 | +6.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/6 | #28 | 1704 | -30.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/7 | #8 | 1961 | +13.8 |
Worst Elo result: Primer Torneo Clasificatorio del Campeonato Nacional Absoluto 2025-26 (-30.2 Elo, finished #28).
Most-Played Opponents
vsEmmanuel Jimenez GarciaIM
🇨🇷CRC·2349
+0 −25 =4
29 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsCarlos Esteban Murillo GonzalezFM
🇨🇷CRC·1942
+4 −16 =3
23 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsJordi Alessandre Quesada CamposCM
🇨🇷CRC·2023
+3 −7 =6
16 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsBryan Solano CuyaIM
🇨🇷CRC·2242
+2 −13 =0
15 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsGabriel A Chaves SanchezCM
🇨🇷CRC·2038
+2 −9 =3
14 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
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Costa Rica
#61
out of 682 players
Americas
#6,067
in continent
World
#54,477
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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