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Botondini, Diego
🇮🇹FIDE 23402997· Male· Italy· Born in 2010
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Diego Botondini, a 16-year-old Italian player, is rated 1912 — just 2 short of his peak of 1914 (Apr 2026, age 16). He is on a breakout run, having gained +95 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CIS 2026 - Serie Promozione Marche, OP Matto a gioco...Fermo, and OP 5 Elpi chess. Also played 2 rapid events recently.
At junior level, he reached #49 nationally in U16.
Current rating
1912
Standard
Rpd1792·Blz1749
All-time high
1914
−2 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 16
Apr 2026 · age 16
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#45,166
#45,166 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
49th Italian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1914
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1914
at age 16 · −2 from today
Apr 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+259 Elo)
1617 → 1876
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 15
Sep 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Apr 2025
2024
First FIDE rating
1617 · at age 14
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+95
1817 → 1912
Tournaments
8
43 games
Score
27.5/ 4364.0%
23W9D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/4 | #17 | 2125 | -2.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 4/2 | #17 | 2462 | +16.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/5 | #7 | 1984 | +32.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #6 | 1990 | +30.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/5 | #25 | 1729 | -39.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/5 | #9 | 2046 | +62.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/3 | #34 | 2703 | +41.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #44 | 1711 | -44.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlessio Malavolta
🇮🇹ITA·1844
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsMatthias Moroni
🇮🇹ITA·1688
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsTommaso Paoletti
🇮🇹ITA·1517
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsDaniele Fontana
🇮🇹ITA·1495
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Italy
#1,253
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#33,309
in continent
World
#45,165
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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