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Gazhdaj, Lazer

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FIDEFIDE 4701615· Male· Albania· Born in 1985

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Lazer Gazhdaj, a 41-year-old player, is rated 1815 — just 10 short of his peak of 1825 (Oct 2025, age 40). He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 20 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent appearances: CIS 2026 - Serie C Gironi 7 e 8 and WE 2 Unicoop Pistoia - A. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2018–2019) and 29 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included). He reached #25 nationally in Jul 2016.

Current rating

1815

Standard

Rpd1848·Blz1854

All-time high

1825

−10 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 40

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#71,685

#71,685 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2026
8th 40-45 player nationally
at age 41 · rated 1815
Jun 2026
2025
All-time peak 1825
at age 40 · −10 from today
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+199 Elo)
1623 → 1822
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 39
Nov 2024
2019
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1715 → returned at 1714
Apr 2019
2018
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1724 → returned at 1715
Feb 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Bernardo Busoni 1,707
CIS 2026 - Serie C Gironi 7 e 8 · Mar 2026 · +7.0 Elo
Evolution
-9
1824 → 1815
Tournaments
2
8 games
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
2W5D1L
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsGerardo Jose Cammarano1,769·WE 2 Unicoop Pistoia - A·R4·-11.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
CIS 2026 - Serie C Gironi 7 e 8
Team
Mar 20262.5/3#161933+9.8
WE 2 Unicoop Pistoia - A
Swiss
Oct 20252/5#101681-20.2
Worst Elo result: WE 2 Unicoop Pistoia - A (-20.2 Elo, finished #10).

Most-Played Opponents

vsAntonio Tacconi
🇮🇹ITA·1784
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsDaniele Bettazzi
🇮🇹ITA·1987
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2018
View head-to-head →
vsSimone De FilomenoIM
🇮🇹ITA·2448
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings

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Albania
#71
out of 194 players
Europe
#52,043
in continent
World
#71,684
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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2,721
9
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10
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World
1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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