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Quesada Fallas, Esteban
🇨🇷FIDE 6513743· Male· Costa Rica· Born in 2006
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Esteban Quesada Fallas, a 20-year-old player, is rated 2072 — his current career high and ranked 14th among CRC players, and in the top 8% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +68 Elo over the past 12 months. 74 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include II Torneo Abierto Memorial Luis Araya Araya 2026, Campeonato Centroamericano y del Caribe U20 Absoluto 2026, and Campeonato Nacional Categoria U20 absoluto 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including I Torneo Abierto de Ajedrez Activo Ing. Ricardo Charpentier Garcia inmemorian) and 4 blitz events (including XLVI Metropolitano Torneo Internacional 2025 Blitz) recently. He reached #14 nationally in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #13 and #12 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2072
Standard
Rpd1829·Blz1789
All-time high
2072
at best
May 2026 · age 20
May 2026 · age 20
Activity
63
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
65 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#14
#14 · CRC players · of 565
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Peak national rank: #14
at age 20 · rated 2072
Jun 2026
1st U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 2072
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2072
at age 20
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 19
Sep 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 19
Jun 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+69
2003 → 2072
Tournaments
9
78 games
Score
40.5/ 7851.9%
43W11D24L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBernal Gonzalez AcostaGM2,460·Primer Torneo Clasificatorio del Campeonato Nacional Absoluto 2025-26·R2·+18.6
3.[W]vsSantiago Jose Guevara RuizFM2,171·Campeonato Centroamericano y del Caribe U20 Absoluto 2026·R7·+12.8
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/7 | #3 | 2121 | +22.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/8 | #15 | 2295 | +34.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #15 | 1898 | -14.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4.5/11 | #6 | 2078 | +11.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 4.5/6 | #3 | — | -7.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #8 | 2090 | +16.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/6 | #23 | 2048 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/7 | #9 | 2017 | +11.2 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3.5/6 | #11 | 1969 | -3.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSebasthian Aguero Espinoza
🇨🇷CRC·1930
+9 −4 =2
15 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsCaleb Vargas Arguedas
🇨🇷CRC·2035
+8 −1 =0
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSantiago Ulloa Jimenez
🇨🇷CRC·1833
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsJose Elias Rojas Mora
🇨🇷CRC·1577
+3 −1 =4
8 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsRodrigo Avendano PorrasCM
🇨🇷CRC·2031
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Costa Rica
#14
out of 682 players
Americas
#1,900
in continent
World
#18,193
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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