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Garcia Morales, Brainer Steven
🇨🇷FIDE 6566383· Male· Costa Rica· Born in 2009
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Brainer Steven Garcia Morales, a 17-year-old player, is rated 1746 — just 12 short of his peak of 1758 (Feb 2026, age 17). He is climbing fast, having gained +101 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Nacional Categorias Menores Pares 2026 U18 Absoluto, Juegos Deportivos Nacionales 2026 Standard U16 Individual Absoluto, and XLVI Metropolitano Torneo Internacional 2025 B. Also played 1 rapid (including Juegos Deportivos Nacionales 2026 Rapid U16 Individual Absoluto) and 2 blitz events (including XLVI Metropolitano Torneo Internacional 2025 Blitz) recently. He reached #99 nationally in Nov 2025.
At junior level, he reached #12 and #10 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1746
Standard
Rpd1782·Blz1740
All-time high
1758
−12 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 17
Feb 2026 · age 17
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#93,904
#93,904 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+130 Elo)
1611 → 1741
Apr 2026
12th U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1758
Feb 2026
All-time peak 1758
at age 17 · −12 from today
Feb 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #99
at age 16 · rated 1732
Nov 2025
10th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1732
Nov 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+100
1646 → 1746
Tournaments
5
36 games
Score
25/ 3669.4%
22W6D8L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsAaron Reyes Sarmiento1,699·Campeonato Nacional Categorias Menores Pares 2026 U18 Absoluto·R4·+17.6
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/7 | #7 | 1800 | +20.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 2.5/6 | #4 | — | -32.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/9 | #16 | 1773 | +27.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/5 | #7 | 2389 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/6 | #1 | 2329 | +82.8 |
Worst Elo result: Juegos Deportivos Nacionales 2026 Standard U16 Individual Absoluto (-32.4 Elo, finished #4).
Rankings
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Costa Rica
#112
out of 682 players
Americas
#11,077
in continent
World
#93,902
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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