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Melendez Manuel A.
FM🇸🇻FIDE 6706800· Male· El Salvador· Born in 2005
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Melendez Manuel A., a 21-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2120 and ranked 10th among ESA players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 48 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Nacional Puntuable Victor Murillo in Memoriam 2026, Campeonato Nacional por Equipos 2025 - Standard, and XII Juegos Centroamericanos Guatemala 2025-Masculino. Also played 3 rapid (including Campeonato Nacional por Equipos 2025 - Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including XII Juegos Centroamericanos Guatemala 2025 Blitz-Masculino) recently. His peak of 2163 was reached at age 20 (Sep 2025); he also reached #6 nationally in Sep 2024 and has been in top 10 for 24 months and counting.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 20) and CM in 2024 (age 19). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #2, #2 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2120
Standard
Rpd2154·Blz1965
All-time high
2163
−43 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 20
Sep 2025 · age 20
Activity
45
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#10
#10 · ESA players · of 206
National top 10 since Sep 2024
National top 10 since Sep 2024
Career timeline
18 entries2026
24 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 21 months · since Mar 2024
May 2026
2025
1st U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 2163
Sep 2025
All-time peak 2163
at age 20 · −43 from today
Sep 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 20
May 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #6
at age 19 · rated 2137
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 19
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-34
2154 → 2120
Tournaments
5
50 games
Score
25/ 5050.0%
28W7D15L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsDavid Emanuel Giron ChavezFM2,140·XII Juegos Centroamericanos Guatemala 2025-Masculino·R2·+9.4
3.[W]vsAdriana Paola Pachon GutierrezWFM2,079·Campeonato Panamericano Amateur 2025 (U-2300) Absoluto·R2·+8.2
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsWilberth Sebastian Lopez FuentesCM1,961·Campeonato Panamericano Amateur 2025 (U-2300) Absoluto·R4·-14.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 7/9 | #4 | 2105 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/7 | #72 | 2007 | -48.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #12 | 2155 | -0.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7/9 | #8 | 2155 | +5.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/9 | #4 | 2098 | -11.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIbarra Carlos RobertoFM
🇸🇻ESA·2202
+2 −7 =5
14 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMorales CarlosFM
🇸🇻ESA·2209
+1 −8 =4
13 games·last met May 2026
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vsJorge Ernesto GironIM
🇸🇻ESA·2278
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSantiago Jose Guevara RuizFM
🇸🇻ESA·2207
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsArmando Perez SalazarCM
🇸🇻ESA·1947
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
El Salvador
#10
out of 224 players
Americas
#1,421
in continent
World
#13,613
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
El Salvador
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