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Napolitano, Domenico
🇬🇧FIDE 456993· Male· England· Born in 1991
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Domenico Napolitano, a 35-year-old English player, is rated 1852 — just 11 short of his peak of 1863 (Dec 2025, age 34). He has fluctuated between 1789 and 1863 over the past 2 years. 32 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include London Chess League FIDE Weekender - March 2026 - Open, London Chess League FIDE Weekender - January 2026 - Open, and 99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Weekend Open. Also played 5 rapid (including Hendon FIDE Rapid - July 2025) and 9 blitz events (including V Mindsports International Festival 2025 - 3rd Night Blitz) recently. He took a 52-month break between Feb 2019 and Jul 2023 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1852
Standard
Rpd1698·Blz1813
All-time high
1863
−11 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 34
Dec 2025 · age 34
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#60,858
#60,858 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2025
All-time peak 1863
at age 34 · −11 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 33
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+375 Elo)
1414 → 1789
Mar 2024
2023
Crossed 1600
at age 32
Oct 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 32
Oct 2023
2019
Inactive for 52 months
paused at 1414 → returned at 1475
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+11
1841 → 1852
Tournaments
6
34 games
Score
14.5/ 3442.6%
13W3D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #5 | 1922 | +10.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/4 | #11 | 2165 | +10.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0.5/4 | #31 | 1530 | -30.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/6 | #96 | 1858 | -2.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/5 | #21 | 1983 | +15.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/8 | #182 | 1977 | +5.8 |
Worst Elo result: 99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Weekend Open (-30.4 Elo, finished #31).
Most-Played Opponents
vsDavid Amior
🇬🇧ENG
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsMohammad Hossein Mozaffari
🇮🇷IRI·1986
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsSalvatore Pepe
🇬🇧ENG·1631
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsGopakumar Siddharth
🇬🇧ENG·1889
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsFaye Ainscow
🇬🇧ENG·1637
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Jan 2023
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Rankings
/
England
#974
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#44,534
in continent
World
#60,857
out of 400,000+
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