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Ballotti, Luca
CM🇮🇹FIDE 2816429· Male· Italy· Born in 2004
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Luca Ballotti, a 22-year-old Italian Candidate Master, is rated 2257 — just 7 short of his peak of 2264 (Jan 2026, age 22) and sitting in the top 1% of Italian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +50 Elo over the past 12 months. 46 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, WE 8 Del Levante ligure - A, and FE Caravel Cup - A. Also played 9 rapid (including OP 39 RAPID A SQUADRE PIANORO) and 2 blitz events recently. He reached Italian #75 in Aug 2024.
Awarded CM in 2022 (age 18). At junior level, he reached #4, #4, #3, #6 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2257
Standard
Rpd2257·Blz2167
All-time high
2264
−7 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 22
Jan 2026 · age 22
Activity
51
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#101 · Italian players · of 7,248
Career timeline
19 entries2026
All-time peak 2264
at age 22
Jan 2026
2024
Peak Italian rank: #75
at age 20 · rated 2261
Aug 2024
4th Italian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2261
Aug 2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 20
Apr 2024
500 career games
at age 20
Feb 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
2238 → 2257
Tournaments
7
56 games
Score
33.5/ 5659.8%
25W17D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #5 | 2198 | -7.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #27 | 2234 | -6.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #242 | 2254 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2317 | +6.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/9 | #8 | 2285 | +9.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #5 | 2296 | +14.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsArtem GilevychIM
🇮🇹ITA·2430
+0 −9 =2
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsMaurizio Occari
🇮🇹ITA·1965
+7 −2 =0
9 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsMarco Vincenzi
🇮🇹ITA·2032
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsRoberto Mocanu
🇮🇹ITA·1753
+6 −0 =2
8 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsMarco Caprino
🇮🇹ITA·2064
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
/
Italy
#101
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#3,789
in continent
World
#5,568
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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