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Malu, Marcello
🇮🇹FIDE 2824693· Male· Italy· Born in 2001
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Marcello Malu, a 25-year-old Italian player, is rated 1759 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include WE 11 Arzachena - B, CIS 2026 - Serie Promozione Sardegna, and WE 3 Citta' di Tempio Pausania - A. Also played 1 rapid and 6 blitz events (including 14e Open International de Quenza) recently. He took a 14-month break between Aug 2023 and Nov 2024.
At junior level, he reached #80 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1759
Standard
Rpd1732·Blz1753
All-time high
1759
at best
May 2026 · age 25
May 2026 · age 25
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#89,519
#89,519 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 1759
at age 25
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+205 Elo)
1508 → 1713
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 23
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1521 → returned at 1721
Aug 2023
100 career games
at age 22
May 2023
Re-crossed 1500
at age 22
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+42
1717 → 1759
Tournaments
3
15 games
Score
9.5/ 1563.3%
8W3D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/6 | #2 | 1914 | +28.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #32 | 1771 | +2.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/7 | #12 | 1773 | +10.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsGiuseppe A. Corbo
🇮🇹ITA·1549
+13 −6 =2
21 games·last met May 2026
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vsLorenzo De Ieso
🇮🇹ITA·2115
+4 −11 =0
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsGiuseppe Crapulli
🇮🇹ITA·1897
+1 −10 =1
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLuigi Ardu
🇮🇹ITA·1764
+6 −6 =0
12 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsVincenzo Di Pietro
🇮🇹ITA·1924
+6 −5 =1
12 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Italy
#2,933
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#64,120
in continent
World
#89,517
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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