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Palmonella, Valentin

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FIDEFIDE 1345001· Male· Switzerland· Born in 2007

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Valentin Palmonella, a 19-year-old Swiss Candidate Master, is rated 2200 — just 4 short of his peak of 2204 (Dec 2024, age 17) and sitting in the top 3% of Swiss players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +75 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SJMM 2025-2026 Day 3, Coupe du Leman 2025-2026 Vaud Category A, and SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4. Also played 1 rapid event (including Schweizerische Jugend-Rapidmeisterschaft U20) recently. He reached Swiss #96 in Dec 2024.

Awarded CM in 2025 (age 18). At junior level, he reached #6, #4, #8, #13 and #13 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2200

Standard

Rpd1992·Blz—

All-time high

2204

−4 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 17

Activity

23

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 3%

#115 · Swiss players · of 3,316

Career timeline

17 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 19
Jun 2026
6th Swiss U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2195
Mar 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 18
Jul 2025
2024
Peak Swiss rank: #96
at age 17 · rated 2204
Dec 2024
4th Swiss U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2204
Dec 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Simon Schellenberg 2,219
SJMM NLA 2025 finals · Jun 2025 · +23.6 Elo
Best comeback
SMM 2025 NLB round 6
finished #2 (seeded #57 of 160)
Evolution
+45
2155 → 2200
Tournaments
7
10 games
Score
7/ 1070.0%
8W2D0L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSimon Schellenberg2,219·SJMM NLA 2025 finals·R2·+23.6
2.[W]vsJulien Joly2,194·Polychamps VI·R1·+20.3
3.[W]vsAgnes AntalWFM2,007·SMM 2025 NLB round 6·R1·+11.4
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
SJMM 2025-2026 Day 3
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#1271881-7.2
Coupe du Leman 2025-2026 Vaud Category A
Team
Mar 20261/1#182833+5.8
SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 4
Team
Jan 20261/1#3022831+5.8
Polychamps VI
Match
Nov 20251/1won2994+21.6
SMM 2025 NLB round 6
Team
Aug 20251/1#22807+12.0
SMM 2025 NLB round 5
Team
Jun 20251/1#112706+8.8
SJMM NLA 2025 finals
Team
Jun 20251.5/2#52326+21.2

Rankings

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Switzerland
#115
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#5,741
in continent
World
#8,192
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2
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World
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2
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2,767
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8
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