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Minali, Simone
🇮🇹FIDE 2805699· Male· Italy· Born in 1997
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Simone Minali, a 29-year-old Italian player, is rated 1883 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +62 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CIS 2026 - Serie C Girone 14, OP A squadre Scacchi alla Casina, and CP Bergamo 2026. Also played 8 rapid and 13 blitz events recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2015–2017) and 63 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #98 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1883
Standard
Rpd1897·Blz1915
All-time high
1883
at best
Apr 2026 · age 29
Apr 2026 · age 29
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#52,375
#52,375 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1883
at age 29
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+125 Elo)
1695 → 1820
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 27
Mar 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 26
Mar 2023
2017
98th Italian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1637
Oct 2017
Crossed 1600
at age 20
Aug 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+62
1821 → 1883
Tournaments
5
17 games
Score
13.5/ 1779.4%
12W3D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #7 | 2067 | +13.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #46 | 2633 | +19.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/5 | #9 | 1887 | +7.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/3 | #3 | 2010 | +11.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #5 | 1923 | +11.0 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsLuca Canova
🇮🇹ITA·1972
+2 −8 =3
13 games·last met May 2026
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vsMatthias Yong
🇮🇹ITA·1776
+8 −1 =0
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsRoberto Sironi
🇮🇹ITA·1948
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsStefano Strada
🇮🇹ITA·1827
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsMarco Melis
🇮🇹ITA·1772
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Italy
#1,497
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#38,532
in continent
World
#52,374
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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