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Capone, Nicola

Capone, Nicola

IM🇧🇪

FIDEFIDE 224715· Male· Belgium· Born in 1999

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Nicola Capone, a 27-year-old Belgian International Master, is rated 2297 and ranked 39th among Belgian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is currently in the 2250–2300 range. 53 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 10, Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 9, and Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 8. Also played 2 rapid (including 4e Memorial Ronald Decrop 2025 - Rapide FEFB) and 1 blitz events (including 1er Championnat de Blitz de la FEFB 2025) recently. He took a 12-month break between Mar 2023 and Apr 2024. His peak of 2426 was reached at age 17 (Feb 2016, Belgian #10 at the time).

Awarded IM in 2016 (age 17) and FM in 2014 (age 15). Earned a GM norm at 42nd World Chess Olympiad 2016. At junior level, he reached World #42 in U18, World #36 in U16, World #47 in U14, World #43 in U12, World #50 in U10 and #2 nationally in U20.

Current rating

2297

Standard

Rpd2336·Blz2263

All-time high

2426

−129 pts below
Feb 2016 · age 17

Activity

19

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

53 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#39

#39 · Belgian players · of 2,958

Career timeline

25 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 27
Feb 2026
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2293 → returned at 2293
Mar 2023
2020
Re-crossed 2300
at age 21
Jan 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Sep 2019
2018
2nd Belgian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2308
Jan 2018
2016
IM title awardedIM
at age 17 · 87th FIDE Congress 2016
Sep 2016

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
22eme Tournoi International du Pays de Charleroi 2025
perf 2415 (+124) · 8/9 · #1
Top opponent
vs Oleg KorneevGM 2,468
VI Open Internacional Valencia Cuna Grupo A · Jul 2025 · +2.4 Elo
Evolution
+17
2280 → 2297
Tournaments
14
53 games
Score
31/ 5358.5%
29W17D7L

Last 12 months — tournaments

14 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 10
Team
Mar 20261/1#4132895+2.4
Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 9
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#7972269-0.4
Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 8
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#9082169-1.7
Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 7
Team
Feb 20260/1#11851547-4.4
Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 6
Team
Jan 20261/1#1742980+3.4
44eme Open International d'Echecs de Bethune - Tournoi A
Open Swiss
Dec 20256/9#122265-1.8
Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 5
Team
Dec 20251/1#2843167+6.0
Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 4
Team
Nov 20250/1#12181781-1.6
Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 3
Team
Nov 20251/1#3132972+3.4
Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 2
Team
Oct 20250.5/1#7632154-1.9

Most-Played Opponents

vsKim Le QuangFM
🇧🇪BEL·2256
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsFrancois GodartIM
🇧🇪BEL·2371
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsLennert LenaertsFM
🇧🇪BEL·2357
+1 −2 =5
8 games·last met Nov 2017
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vsMher HovhannisyanGM
🇧🇪BEL·2391
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Aug 2015
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vsDaniyal SaiboulatovIM
🇧🇪BEL·2338
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings

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Belgium
#39
out of 3,309 players
Europe
#2,795
in continent
World
#4,204
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Belgium
1
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2,602
2
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2,554
3
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2,529
4
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2,456
5
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2,448
6
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2,423
7
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2,406
8
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2,402
9
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2,397
10
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2,391
...
39🇧🇪Capone, Nicola2,297
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
2795🇧🇪Capone, Nicola2,297
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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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
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2,754
10
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2,753
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4204🇧🇪Capone, Nicola2,297