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Botta, Massimiliano
FM🇮🇹FIDE 2804340· Male· Italy· Born in 2001
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Massimiliano Botta, a 25-year-old Italian FIDE Master, is rated 2271 — just 7 short of his peak of 2278 (Dec 2025, age 24) and sitting in the top 1% of Italian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2183 and 2278 over the past 2 years. 71 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SMM NLB 2026 round 2, WE 10 Pasqua a Montesilvano - A, and SMM NLB 2026 round 1. Also played 2 rapid and 1 blitz events recently. He reached Italian #70 in May 2023.
Awarded FM in 2026 (age 25). At junior level, he reached #6, #4, #5, #4 and #11 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2271
Standard
Rpd2211·Blz2219
All-time high
2278
−7 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 24
Dec 2025 · age 24
Activity
65
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
85 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#89 · Italian players · of 7,248
Career timeline
21 entries2026
FM title awardedFM
at age 25
Feb 2026
2025
All-time peak 2278
at age 24 · −38 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 23
Nov 2024
2023
Peak Italian rank: #70
at age 22 · rated 2266
May 2023
500 career games
at age 22
May 2023
2021
6th Italian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2245
Mar 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+9
2262 → 2271
Tournaments
18
86 games
Score
57/ 8666.3%
46W22D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jun 2026 | 1/1 | #38 | 2877 | +5.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/9 | #63 | 2263 | +3.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 4.5/6 | #35 | 2438 | +27.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #102 | 2124 | -3.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/6 | #12 | 2108 | -17.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #94 | 2093 | -4.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/6 | #3 | 2296 | +4.6 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 4/9 | #8 | 2217 | -15.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/5 | #1 | 2800 | +22.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2230 | +1.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNicolo PasiniFM
🇮🇹ITA·2260
+6 −1 =5
12 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsPaolo VezzosiIM
🇮🇹ITA·2130
+3 −6 =2
11 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsJacopo MotolaFM
🇮🇹ITA·2311
+1 −5 =3
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsGiulio Beretta
🇮🇹ITA·2139
+9 −0 =0
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsGiorgio Nordio
🇮🇹ITA·2074
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Aug 2022
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Rankings
/
Italy
#89
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#3,421
in continent
World
#5,062
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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