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Ruiz Alfaro, Darrel
🇨🇷FIDE 6524494· Male· Costa Rica· Born in 2005
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Darrel Ruiz Alfaro, a 21-year-old player, is rated 1898 — just 16 short of his peak of 1914 (Aug 2025, age 20). He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 6 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Juegos Deportivos Nacionales 2026 Standard U20 Individual Absoluto, Primer Torneo Clasificatorio del Campeonato Nacional Absoluto 2025-26, and Torneo Abierto Memorial Rosalia Escalante 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including FIDE World Junior Rapid Championship (Open U20) 2025) and 6 blitz events (including FIDE World Junior Blitz Championship (Open U20) 2025) recently. He reached #41 nationally in Jul 2025.
At junior level, he reached #2, #4, #9 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1898
Standard
Rpd1800·Blz1821
All-time high
1914
−16 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 20
Aug 2025 · age 20
Activity
43
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#48,605
#48,605 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
2nd U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1914
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1914
at age 20 · −16 from today
Aug 2025
Peak national rank: #41
at age 20 · rated 1910
Jul 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+333 Elo)
1512 → 1845
Aug 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-12
1910 → 1898
Tournaments
4
26 games
Score
9/ 2634.6%
12W6D8L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsMario Andres Fernandez SanchezFM2,011·Torneo Abierto Memorial Rosalia Escalante 2025·R3·+12.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | — | +13.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/5 | #29 | 1663 | -31.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/7 | #21 | 1954 | +1.4 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/6 | #17 | 1934 | +4.0 |
Worst Elo result: Primer Torneo Clasificatorio del Campeonato Nacional Absoluto 2025-26 (-31.4 Elo, finished #29).
Most-Played Opponents
vsMatias Haziel Lizano QuirosFM
🇨🇷CRC·2095
+4 −11 =3
18 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsCarlos Andres Bustamante Gonzalez
🇨🇷CRC·1691
+8 −1 =0
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsDany Jose Montero Romero
🇨🇷CRC·1844
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsJuan Pablo Abarca Matarrita
🇨🇷CRC·1665
+4 −0 =3
7 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsMateo Espitia TorresCM
🇨🇷CRC·1991
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Costa Rica
#54
out of 682 players
Americas
#5,357
in continent
World
#48,604
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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