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Buffoni, Luca
🇮🇹FIDE 2834362· Male· Italy· Born in 1975
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Luca Buffoni, a 51-year-old Italian player, is rated 1956 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +68 Elo over the past 12 months. 114 rated games in the past year (≈59/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include WE 10 Pasqua a Montesilvano - A, CP Roma 2026, and CIS 2026 - Serie B Girone 16. Also played 9 rapid and 1 blitz events recently.
Current rating
1956
Standard
Rpd1847·Blz1734
All-time high
1956
at best
Jun 2026 · age 51
Jun 2026 · age 51
Activity
96
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
102 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#35,444
#35,444 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
63rd Italian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 1956
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1956
at age 51
Jun 2026
2025
72nd Italian 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 1915
Aug 2025
2024
500 career games
at age 49
Dec 2024
7-month rising streak
+136 Elo
May 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 49
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+61
1895 → 1956
Tournaments
23
104 games
Score
60.5/ 10458.2%
46W29D29L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2026 | 2/3 | #13 | 2034 | +6.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/6 | #30 | 2071 | +18.6 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 2/3 | #14 | 2096 | +12.0 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/5 | #4 | 1900 | -1.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/4 | #32 | 1996 | +10.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/4 | #23 | 2219 | +33.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/5 | #13 | 1950 | +9.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #40 | 1895 | +0.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/4 | #13 | 1962 | +9.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #8 | 1872 | -0.2 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsNando Abuhamdieh
🇮🇹ITA·1545
+28 −1 =1
30 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsCosmas Pastore
🇮🇹ITA·1911
+11 −5 =4
20 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsAndrea Tamburrini
🇮🇹ITA·1516
+18 −1 =0
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsGiovanni Marino
🇮🇹ITA·1930
+2 −8 =5
15 games·last met May 2026
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vsMarco CorviFM
🇮🇹ITA·2230
+0 −12 =3
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Italy
#955
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#26,180
in continent
World
#35,443
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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