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Merritt, Mario

FM🇹🇹

FIDEFIDE 7700148· Male· Trinidad and Tobago· Born in 1977

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Mario Merritt, a 49-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2143 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). He took a 40-month break between Mar 2020 and Aug 2023 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2214 was reached at age 41 (Feb 2018); he also reached #2 nationally in Oct 2017 and spent 17 months in top 3.

Competes for Trinidad and Tobago since Aug 2013. Awarded FM in 2001 (age 24).

Current rating

2143

Standard

Rpd2082·Blz2082

All-time high

2214

−71 pts below
Feb 2018 · age 41

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#11,778 · players worldwide · of 216,808
17 months in National top 3 (2009–2018)

Career timeline

21 entries
2025
1st 45-50 player nationally
at age 48 · rated 2180
May 2025
2022
2nd 40-45 player nationally
at age 45 · rated 2182
Feb 2022
2020
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 2182 → returned at 2164
Mar 2020
2018
17 months in national top 3
since Nov 2009
Mar 2018
Crossed 2200
at age 41
Feb 2018
All-time peak 2214
at age 41 · −71 from today
Feb 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Evolution
-4
2147 → 2143

Most-Played Opponents

vsRyan HarperFM
🇹🇹TTO·2085
+7 −18 =7
32 games·last met May 2025
View head-to-head →
vsFrank SearsCM
🇹🇹TTO·1765
+14 −6 =6
26 games·last met Jan 2020
View head-to-head →
vsHayden Lee
🇹🇹TTO·1816
+19 −4 =0
23 games·last met May 2025
View head-to-head →
vsKevin CupidFM
🇹🇹TTO·2151
+12 −8 =2
22 games·last met Feb 2024
View head-to-head →
vsAndrew BowlesCM
🇹🇹TTO·1750
+17 −2 =2
21 games·last met Mar 2025
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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Trinidad and Tobago
#7
out of 182 players
Americas
#1,237
in continent
World
#11,778
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Trinidad and Tobago
1
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2,318
2
🇹🇹Cabralis, QuinnFollow Quinn CabralisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,250
3
🇹🇹Johnson, JoshuaFollow Joshua JohnsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,220
4
🇹🇹Singh, VishnuFollow Vishnu SinghTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,197
5
🇹🇹Rajkumar, DanielFollow Daniel RajkumarTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,176
6
🇹🇹Cupid, KevinFollow Kevin CupidTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,151
72,143
8
🇹🇹Joseph, MarcusFollow Marcus JosephTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,125
9
🇹🇹Winter Atwell, AdrianFollow Adrian Winter AtwellTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,111
10
🇹🇹Harper, RyanFollow Ryan HarperTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,085
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,718
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
1237🇹🇹Merritt, Mario2,143
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
11778🇹🇹Merritt, Mario2,143