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Costa, Gian Luca

IM🇨🇭

FIDEFIDE 1300075· Male· Switzerland· Born in 1965

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Gian Luca Costa, a 61-year-old Swiss International Master, is rated 2354 and ranked 26th among Swiss players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 162 months (2009–2022) and 41 months (2022–2026). Recent standard appearances include SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 3, SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 2, and SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 7. His peak of 2437 was reached at age 43 (Jan 2008); he also reached Swiss #12 in Apr 2008.

Awarded IM in 2001 (age 36).

Current rating

2354

Standard

Rpd2382·Blz—

All-time high

2437

−83 pts below
Jan 2008 · age 43

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#26

#26 · Swiss players · of 3,316

Career timeline

15 entries
2026
74th 60-65 player worldwide
at age 61 · rated 2370
Feb 2026
2023
3rd Swiss 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 2373
Jul 2023
2022
Inactive for 41 months
paused at 2373 → returned at 2370
Aug 2022
2009
Inactive for 162 months
paused at 2417 → returned at 2373
Jan 2009
2008
Peak Swiss rank: #12
at age 43 · rated 2437
Apr 2008
4th Swiss 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 2437
Apr 2008

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Simon Kuenzli 2,027
SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 3 · May 2026 · +1.3 Elo
Evolution
-19
2373 → 2354
Tournaments
7
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
4W4D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSimon Kuenzli2,027·SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 3·R1·+1.3
2.[W]vsMarkus Haenggi1,998·NMM 1.Liga 2025-26 round 3·R3·+1.1
3.[W]vsRolf ErnstFM1,892·SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 2·R1·+0.7
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsLudovic Staub2,135·SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 5-6·R1·-7.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 3
Team
May 20261/1#2602827+1.3
SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 2
Team
Apr 20261/1#1512692+0.8
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 7
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#4871934-4.2
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 5-6
Team
Feb 20260.5/2#8011932-11.1
NMM 1.Liga 2025-26 round 4-5
Team
Jan 20261.5/2#82073-3.2
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#5991880-4.2
NMM 1.Liga 2025-26 round 3
Team
Jan 20261/1#72798+0.8

Rankings

/
Switzerland
#26
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#1,681
in continent
World
#2,610
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Switzerland
1
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2,577
2
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2,547
3
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2,541
4
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2,523
5
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2,520
6
🇨🇭Pelletier, YannickFollow Yannick PelletierTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,514
7
🇨🇭Kosteniuk, AlexandraFollow Alexandra KosteniukTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,496
8
🇨🇭Georgiadis, IoannisFollow Ioannis GeorgiadisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,483
9
🇨🇭Vernay, ClovisFollow Clovis VernayTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,465
10
🇨🇭Jenni, FlorianFollow Florian JenniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,462
...
26🇨🇭Costa, Gian Luca2,354
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,713
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1681🇨🇭Costa, Gian Luca2,354
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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2610🇨🇭Costa, Gian Luca2,354