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Melendez Cruz, Jose Roberto
🇸🇻FIDE 6709508· Male· El Salvador· Born in 2007
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Jose Roberto Melendez Cruz, a 19-year-old player, is rated 1901 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +50 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campeonato Nacional Puntuable Victor Murillo in Memoriam 2026, Campeonato Nacional por Equipos 2025 - Standard, and Campeonato Nacional por Categorias 2025, Primera Categoria. Also played 2 rapid (including Campeonato Nacional por Equipos 2025 - Rapid) and 3 blitz events (including CAMPEONATO NACIONAL BLITZ 2) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2022–2023) and 12 months (2023–2024). He reached #34 nationally in Dec 2025.
At junior level, he reached #3, #2 and #2 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1901
Standard
Rpd1835·Blz1808
All-time high
1901
at best
Jun 2026 · age 19
Jun 2026 · age 19
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#47,868
#47,868 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
3rd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1901
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1901
at age 19
Jun 2026
100 career games
at age 19
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #34
at age 18 · rated 1876
Dec 2025
2nd U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1876
Oct 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
CAMPEONATO NACIONAL OPEN DE CATEGORIA SUPERIOR "MTR IVETTE MAJANO"perf 2132 (+231) · 5.5/7 · #27
Top opponent
Evolution
+50
1851 → 1901
Tournaments
5
42 games
Score
27/ 4264.3%
23W8D11L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsLemnys A. AriasIM2,228·CAMPEONATO NACIONAL OPEN DE CATEGORIA SUPERIOR "MTR IVETTE MAJANO"·R9·+17.4
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/7 | #27 | 2132 | +25.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6/8 | #15 | 1866 | +3.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/6 | #19 | 1977 | -4.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/8 | #5 | 1911 | +28.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/8 | #24 | 1908 | -4.0 |
Rankings
/
El Salvador
#39
out of 237 players
Americas
#5,267
in continent
World
#47,867
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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